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Newspaper of the Diocese of Jefferson City Young people soak up the love at D.C. March By Jay Nies Mae Cross was basking in the hope and fellowship of this year’s March for Life in Washington, D.C., when she caught sight of a man with a sign: “To the mothers of all four of my ad- opted children, thank you for choosing life.” Miss Cross, a senior at Fr. Tolton Re- gional Catholic High School in Colum- bia, and her younger brother were both adopted. She and her best friend, Emily Kon- rad, stopped and talked to the man. “He was very kind,” said Miss Cross. “I’m very grateful to my birth mom, too, and to my brother’s. It meant a lot to be able to talk to someone who un- derstands that.” They were two of several hundred thousand — 290 from the Jefferson City diocese — who converged in the nation’s capital Jan. 24 for the 47th an- nual March for Life. The peaceful, prayerful gathering marks the anniversary of the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decisions that legalized abortion-on-demand through all nine months of pregnancy, throughout the Representatives of Fr. Tolton Regional Catholic High School in Columbia were among the 290 people from the United States. Jefferson City diocese who were on pilgrimage to Washington, D.C., for the National Mass and Prayer Vigil for Since then, an estimated 61 million Life and the 47th annual March for Life. lives have been lost to abortion in this country. The theme for this year’s March, a New J.C. hub for Catholic Charities gets a boost nod to the 100th anniversary of women in the United States gaining the right to from St. Mary’s Hospital Foundation vote, was “Life Empowers: Pro-Life Is Pro-Woman.” $200,000 toward estimated $4 million needed He spoke at a Jan. 31 gathering in the Shikles Commu- nity Center building on Linden Drive, not far from Helias “One of the things about the pro-life to transform former community center movement is that we really, really rein- to center of mercy and charity Catholic High School in Jefferson City. Members of the St. Mary’s Foundation Board of Trustees force the idea that you can be the most By Jay Nies presented the bishop a $200,000 gift toward the estimated pro-women when you are pro-life,” said It was built to be a chapel and gymnasium for young men $4 million cost of buying and upgrading the building. Miss Konrad, a Tolton Catholic senior discerning a call to Priesthood in faraway missions. When completed, it will serve as a new headquarters It later served as a senior center, youth sports venue and for Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri See PRO-LIFE, page 19 home to a local theater group. (CCCNMO) and a hub for helping people in need. Now back in Catholic hands, it will be remade into a mul- Also present were representatives of the Catholic Charities tifaceted center of charity and the corporal works of mercy. staff and board of directors, the Jefferson City diocese, the Find us online at “Having a resource center within walking distance for Jefferson City Housing Authority and the St. Mary’s Founda- WWW.CATHMO.COM those who are in need of food, basic healthcare and other tion. and charitable and educational services is our dream,” said Bishop W. Shawn McKnight. See CHARITIES, page 21 @DIOJEFFCITY 2 The Catholic Missourian February 7, 2020

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NEW ADDRESS St. Anthony par- life, simply by ish in Camdenton reaching out to NAME______will host a six-week them and telling program called them we miss them ADDRESS______“Catholics Return- and would like CITY, STATE, ZIP______ing Home.” for them to come Meetings will be back home to our NEW PARISH______from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Church family,” the on the six Tuesdays program’s organizers OLD PARISH______of Lent, beginning stated. 02/07/20 March 3, in the St. Anthony Lord that needs to be shared Facilitators and partici- Education Center, 1874 North with our non-practicing broth- pants will share their stories, Business Route 5. ers and sisters,” the program’s begin to heal old hurts, clear “As baptized, practicing organizers stated. “First, we up misunderstandings, and an- Pray for deceased priests Catholics, we have a precious need to pray for them. Second, swer questions. They will also Feb. 10 — Msgr. Paul U. Kertz, Immaculate Conception, gift of faith and love from the we need to extend a personal refresh their understanding of Jefferson City (1960); Fr. William F. Harris, St. Boniface, invitation to them to come the Creed, the sacraments and Brunswick (1974) home to the Catholic Church. the Mass. Feb. 14 — Fr. Bernard H. Luebbering, St. Mary, Shelbina Seeking Christ Most non-practicing Catholics There is no obligation and (1972) are waiting for an invitation to no pressure, “just friendly folks Feb. 19 — Fr. Peter B. O’Rourke, Immaculate Conception, for Our Nation return.” who, perhaps like you, were Shackelford (1975) The next “Seeking Christ Many non-practicing Cath- once non-practicing Catho- for our Nation” Mass will olics carry guilt and misinfor- lics.” be celebrated on Tuesday, mation about the Church, so “No matter how long you Middle/High School Principal March 3, at 6:30 p.m. in they are afraid of approaching have been away, no matter the St. George Church in Linn. the Church for fear of being reason, all are invited to return Hastings Catholic Schools in Hastings, Nebraska, rejected. to the Catholic Church.” is seeking qualified candidates for St. Cecilia “You can make a tremen- Middle/High School Principal, grades 6-12. For information, call (573) The candidates will be able to effectively lead Pilgrimage to the Shrines dous difference in someone’s 346-2716 or (573) 317-0121. the faculty and students in carrying-out the of French Canada mission of the school, where students encounter Christ, grow in knowledge and become Christian with Fr. Matthew Flatley Mission on the Mass, witnesses. Apply at www.hastingscatholicschools.org.  JULY 6 11, 2020  ENJOY 6 DAYS Feb. 16-19 in Laddonia TOURING CANADA! Position openings - Hannibal, Mo. • Montreal Deacon Mark Dobelmann Topics will include the En- will lead a parish mission on trance Rites, Liturgy of the Word Holy Family School in Hannibal, Mo., an accredited • Basilica of Notre Dame the “Beauty and Grace of the and Liturgy of the Eucharist. elementary school (PreK-8) of 170 students, is seeking a • Oratory of St. Joseph Third Grade Teacher for the 2020-2021 school year. Mass” from Sunday through Father Louis Dorn will offer • Quebec City Wednesday, Feb. 16-19, at the the Closing Mass on Feb. 19. In addition, we are looking for a dynamic, faith-filled JULY 6 11, 2020 • Mass at the tomb St. John mission in Laddonia. The information will be use- Principal with proven leadership skills for the 2020-2021 of Blessed Kateri Tekawitha school year, effective July 1, 2020. Qualified candidates for Sessions will be held at 7 ful to all Catholics seeking to • Our Lady of Victories Church p.m. each night in St. John understand the true meaning this position must be a practicing Catholic with administrative • Le Festin du Gouverneur certification or the ability to become certified, and must have Church, 601 Elm St. behind the mystery of the Mass. teaching experience of a minimum of 5 years. Catholic school ...and so much more! experience preferred. 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The Catholic Missourian February 7, 2020 3 Midwest March for Life draws over 2,000 to Jefferson City By Jay Nies firmed that The streets ran red in Jeffer- the preemi- son City during the 10th an- nent issue nual Midwest March for Life is the pro- Feb. 1. tection of More than 2,000 people vulnerable from all over Missouri and human life, beyond — many dressed in especially blazing crimson — gathered to the life of testify to the sanctity of what the unborn. been created in God’s image “Why and likeness. wouldn’t “We stand together this day it be?” the to give honor and glory to God Pope asked by standing up for innocent the bishops. human life,” stated Bishop W. “Without Shawn McKnight at a pre- life, there march rally outside the St. Pe- are no other LEFT: Bishop W. Shawn McKnight speaks at a pre-march rally outside the Selinger Centre at St. Peter ter Church. rights to Church during the Midwest March for Life, Feb. 1 in Jefferson City. RIGHT: The marchers make their way While faith and devotion protect.” around the Capitol Circle on their way to the Governor’s Mansion, the Supreme Court building and back were evident throughout the While to the Capitol. — Photos by Jay Nies day’s march and rallies, he acknowledging that there are nating or snuffing out the life testimony. rector for Missouri Right to emphasized that believers and always other important issues of human beings whom we “I will continue to speak the Life, pointed to a 54-percent non-believers should stand to consider, Bishop McKnight consider inconvenient, bur- truth of abortion’s evils to hon- drop in the number of abor- united in protecting pre-born noted that “this has become densome or undesirable leads or the memory of my son” who tions in Missouri between human life. an even more important issue to utter misery and a soulless died in an abortion, she said. 2018 and 2019. “It is a basic human-rights now that politicians and others society,” he said. “Abortion is not the an- She credited the governor issue,” he said. “It is never are openly advocating making “We must choose life, a swer,” she stated. “It simply and Missouri lawmakers with good, just, charitable or life- legal the monstrous killing of blessing,” he stated, referring creates more problems in our enacting HB 126, “the most giving to choose the death of babies who survive abortions.” to a verse from the Book of lives. It has a ripple effect on pro-life legislation in the his- the innocent.” He called the taking of in- Deuteronomy. “If our state families and fathers and sib- tory of the state of Missouri.” He recalled that during a nocent human life “an egre- or country cannot muster the lings that come after.” “Today, we march together recent meeting at the Vatican gious sin against the Creator of ability to defend the smallest to be a voice for the voiceless,” with the Catholic bishops of all life.” and weakest among us, how “Voice for the voiceless” Missouri, Iowa, Kansas and “The habit that we have de- can we expect God’s blessing?” Susan Klein, executive di- See MIDWEST, page 17 Nebraska, Pope Francis reaf- veloped in our society of elimi- “Never waver” Gov. Mike Parson also spoke at the pre-march rally. “Every life is precious,” he Bishop Intención del mes Bishop McKnight’s stated. “Every life has a pur- McKnight’s de febrero del pose. That’s why we fight to February prayer Obispo McKnight Calendar protect the unborn, to protect intention for our por nuestra those who can’t defend them- Local Church Iglesia Local FEBRUARY selves.” For those discerning Por aquellos que Feb. 8 Diocesan-wide Pastoral Planning Training, 9:30 am, He said Missouri is on track a vocation: May they disciernen una vocación: Cathedral of St. Joseph, Jefferson City to becoming one of the most have the grace to hear para que tengan la pro-life states in the country. the voice of God in gracia de escuchar la Feb. 11 Meeting of Deans of Diocese of Jefferson City, 11 He noted that the number of their hearts, and may voz de Dios en sus am, Catholic Center, Jefferson City; Presbyteral they experience the corazones y que se Council Meeting, 1 pm, Catholic Center, Jefferson abortion clinics in Missouri had fallen from five to one in encouragement of the sientan alentados por la City; Annual Visit to Missouri Supreme Court, 5:30 Church to respond with Iglesia para responder pm, Jefferson City the past 15 years, while the number of abortions in the grateful hearts. con un corazón Feb. 12 Confirmation Mass, 6:30 pm, St. Anthony Church, agradecido. Camdenton state had dropped from 8,000 to around 1,500. Please be so kind as to make this a part Feb. 13 Pastoral Governance Meeting with All Priests and “We have saved 6,500 lives of your group and private prayer. Parish Life Collaborators, 11 am, Catholic Center, a year right here in Missouri,” Jefferson City he said. “That’s what’s impor- Feb. 19 Kenrick Theology Day of Recollection for tant — saving lives.” Seminarians and Holy Mass with Candidacy “Never, never waver on the GEOTHERMAL HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING of Theology I Seminarians, Kenrick-Glennon right to life,” he said. “We have Seminary, St. Louis to keep fighting battle after Feb. 26 Ash Wednesday Mass, 8 am, Cathedral of St. battle after battle. But we are Joseph, Jefferson City winning the war.” Feb. 28-29 Leadership Roundtable Catholic Partnership Next, a member of the Si- Summit, Washington, DC lent No More Awareness Cam- MARCH paign, made up of women and men who have found healing Stieferman Heating Company 573-635-3547 Mar. 1 Diocesan Rite of Election, 3 pm, Cathedral of St. and forgiveness after suffering Joseph, Jefferson City the effects of abortion, gave her 100% GREEN, 101% COOL 4 The Catholic Missourian February 7, 2020 Bishop thanks, blesses teachers, catechists at Knights’ event By Jay Nies Dinner cosponsored by the he recently participated in at Catholic education of our Bishop W. Shawn Mc­ Knights’ Fr. Helias Coun­ the Vatican with Cardinal Gi­ youth is essential to the Knight struck up a harmoni­ cil 1054, Bishop McAuliffe useppe Versaldi, prefect of the foundation of your parish. ous conversation with several Council 12992 and Msgr. Church’s Congregation for Please consider making a hundred catechists and teach­ Pleus Council 14906. Catholic Education. provision in your will for your Jake Seifert ers who are actively engaged Honored guests included “The cardinal made it very local parish school. Director of Development in the formation of young the teachers and staff of Im­ clear that when you’re talking 573-635-9127 x-227 Catholic disciples. maculate Conception, St. Jo­ about a Catholic school, it is [email protected] “Tonight I’m with the choir seph Cathedral and St. Peter the faculty above all else that

DIOCESE OF JEFFERSON CITY of the Church,” he told a ca­ schools and Helias Catholic preserves the institution as be­ 2207 W Main | PO Box 104900 pacity crowd at the Jefferson High School and the city’s ing Catholic,” the bishop re­ Have you already remembered your Jefferson City, MO 65110-4900 City Knights of Columbus three Parish School of Reli­ counted. parish or school in your estate plans? diojeffcity.org Hall on Jan. 28. gion programs. “I recognize that as well,” Please let us know! It was the annual Religious “You play a critical role in he said. “Your faith is very im­ and Teacher Appreciation the mission of the Church, es­ portant to me as well as to the pecially in the mission of our parents of the children that we parishes,” Bishop McKnight have entrusted to your care.” told them. The grand knights of all He thanked the teachers three councils echoed the We're Here to Help! and catechists for their com­ bishop’s appreciation. mitment to Catholic educa­ “We Knights are supposed to tion and for the sacrifices they be defenders of the faith,” Dan­ Nothing can take away the pain of make to carry-out their im­ ny Vaught, grand knight of the portant work. Msgr. Pleus Council, told the losing a loved one... “You are teaching our catechists and educators, “but young people not only about our schoolteachers are right be­ but we can help lessen the burden the catechism of the faith but hind us. You prop us up. We re­ about how God is present in ally appreciate that.” of uncertainty with pre-planning. our world in so many different Joining the bishop at the ways and how He can be en­ head table were Monsignor countered, how we can experi­ Robert A. Kurwicki, diocesan For peace of mind, give us a call. ence God, in creation, science, vicar general and pastor of St. mathematics and literature,” Michael parish in Russellville; (573) 636-3838 the bishop said. Kenya Fuemmeler, interim Funerals Cremation Pre-planning He recounted a discussion diocesan superintendent of Catholic schools; Father Ste­ phen Jones, president of He­ Like Us On lias Catholic High School and administrator of St. Martin facebook parish in St. Martins. Diocese of Msgr. Kurwicki led the Jefferson City prayer before the meal. “We feel Your presence here tonight among these out­ standing, dedicated Catholic Are you interested in professionals,” he prayed. “We ask You to bless them, to bless strengthening your bonds as YOU ARE BORN their families, to bless their a family, deepening your students and the alumni of the A MAN. schools that they represent.” faith in the Catholic Church, The priest asked God to fill and working with like-minded YOU BECOME everyone present with the ho­ liness and zeal of St. Thomas men to help support your A KNIGHT. Aquinas, “who changed the church and community? world by being not only a good student but an excellent teacher.” If so, please consider joining the Why Join? The annual dinner has been a Catholic Schools Week tra­ Knights of Columbus. Lead with Faith… dition since Fr. Helias Council member Ron Vossen started it Protect Your Family… about 30 years ago. Serve Others… Dan Smith of the same www.kofc.org/joinus council, and his wife Kathy Defend Your Values... have been organizing the event for the past several years. Charity ♦ Unity ♦ Fraternity ♦ Patriotism See EDUCATORS, page 18 The Catholic Missourian February 7, 2020 5 Pillars of Stewardship were the foundation for CSW celebration at Holy Family School in Hannibal By Jay Nies Holy Family School in Hannibal spent Catholic Schools Week celebrat- ing the Pillars of Catholic Stewardship. The school has been em- phasizing the Pillars — for- mation, hospitality, prayer and service — and related concepts since the current academic year began. “We’re really trying to focus on these Pillars so we can all have a better under- standing of what it means to be stewards of God’s LEFT: Eighth-graders at Holy Family School in Hannibal gather up the food and personal-care items collected for Holy grace,” said Holy Fam- Family parish’s Good Neighbor Project for people in need. RIGHT: Students in the primary grades display the puzzle-piece ily’s principal, Sister Bettty artwork they created to illustrate their own place in the Communion of Saints. — Photos by Sara Hooley Uchytil of the School Sisters spiritual bouquets, made of fits into God’s plan. it means. Seasonal application of Notre Dame. paper petals with prayers for “We talked about how cool Then they moved on to the In Advent, students learned “We all have something others written on them, before it is to be a saint, and how we first Pillar: hospitality. about how the Pillars of Stew- within us that the world needs,” the altar at Mass. can teach others how to pray, “In the primary grades, we ardship tie into the story of noted second-grade teacher First and second-graders serve and grow in steward- talked about being welcoming Jesus’s birth. Sara Hooley. “That’s the whole led a decade of the Rosary, fol- ship,” said Mrs. Hooley. to people at our school,” said For Lent, they will focus on point of stewardship. We have lowed by Benediction. Thursday was a celebration Mrs. Hooley. mercy and forgiveness as ex- to discover that and cultivate it Each of the classes then of service. “That includes lookingtensions of the Pillars. and get it out there. spent time in Adoration of the Students worked on service up, making eye contact and “We’re trying to show in “What gifts has God given Most Blessed Sacrament. projects, including gathering communicating that love and ways that are appropriate for you? You might not know Parents and teachers joined donations for Holy Family peace that Jesus gave to ev- each grade level that steward- yet,” said Mrs. Hooley. “If we them throughout the day. parish’s Good Neighbor Proj- eryone He encountered,” she ship means more than just ‘time, can help you unearth that and Father Michael Quinn, ect. said. talent and treasure,’” said Mrs. help you see the importance pastor of Holy Family parish, “They’re good kids,” said “We’re calling the kids to Hooley. “We have to extend of putting it to use the way led an all-school prayer ser- Mrs. Hooley. “This is in their look around and ask: ‘In the ourselves through hospitality, God wants us to, then I think vice and talked to the students hearts. So in little ways, we’re hallways or the cafeteria or the prayer, service and learning.” we’re doing our job.” helping them see that when playground, how do you help The goal is for students to More photos from they babysit or take care of people feel welcome?’” be able to understand why the Hospitality and prayer this event have been the dog or do something The next Pillar they turned Pillars are important and ap- Catholic Schools Week posted in The Catholic for one of their neighbors, to was prayer. ply them to what they do at started with Holy Family Missourian’s online they are actually being good “Even though they’re school and at home. students serving in various edition, www.cathmo. stewards of the time God young, there’s so much they liturgical roles in the week- has given them.” can do through prayer because See PILLARS, page 12 end Masses at Holy Family com. Select “Photo Friday was a celebration so many people are in need of Church. Galleries” from the of faith, family and fun, it,” said Mrs. Hooley. Several graduates who “Multimedia” tab on including a faculty-student For example, whenever a are now in high school or the menu bar. volleyball tournament. family member or loved one college came back to talk of someone in the school dies, about how their time at Holy about the impact of their “Use it to serve” the second-graders write their Family had helped prepare prayers throughout the world. Mrs. Hooley said the fac- names on colored pieces of pa- them for the next phases of ulty chose the Four Pillars as per and turn them into flow- 301 Monroe their education. Formation and service the theme for this school year. ers for a spiritual bouquet. Jefferson City Monday, Jan. 27, was a cel- On Wednesday, they fo- “It kind of fell right into “Then all week, we offer (573) 635-6101 ebration of hospitality. cused on formation, including place with what Bishop (W. our prayers for that person,” Students stood along the education and learning. Shawn) McKnight has been said Mrs. Hooley. Charles Prather • Rick Prather driveway leading up to school “We talked with the stu- sharing with us about stew- Tom Kummer to greet parents and other dents about how when we ardship,” she said. adults who were dropping off share our faith and what we Teachers throughout the children. have learned, we become bet- school have been sharing age- Third- through fifth-grad- ter stewards of what we’ve appropriate lessons with their BUTZER ers gave the adults a gift in been given,” said Mrs. Hooley. students on stewardship and “Dependable service since 1926” thanksgiving for supporting The students learned about a verse from Scripture: “As the school. the gift of being able to go to each one has received a gift, HEATING  PLUMBING  AIR CONDITIONING These included thank-you a Catholic school, where they use it to serve one another as notes, granola bars and paint- learn to be like the saints who good stewards of God’s varied 573-636-4115 ed rocks that say “Holy Family have gone before them. grace.” (1 Peter 4:10) 24 Hour Service School Rocks!” They created puzzle pieces They started by introduc- 721 Wicker Lane, Jefferson City, MO 65109 Tuesday was a celebration to illustrate the Communion ing the students to the con- www.hgbutzer.com of prayer. Students placed of Saints and how everybody cept of stewardship and what 6 The Catholic Missourian February 7, 2020 Redskins’ Hale Hentges urges students to pray, persevere Gives God the glory during ship with God, maximizing is my best friend,” first had been having Catholic Schools Week visit to their talents for God’s greater said Mr. Hentges, who since he was 3. his grade school, Immaculate glory, carving out time for prefers to go by Hale. He fought against Conception in Jefferson City prayer, and paying close atten- “Friends may come his own doubts about tion to the direction He gives. and friends may go, his abilities in high By Jay Nies “God has given me gifts but throughout it all, school in college. Washington Redskins tight and He has given you out- God is there with you.” He dealt with a end Hale Hentges goes into standing, phenomenal gifts In a separate gath- season-stopping injury every play with a prayer in his and He wants you to use them ering, he also spoke while he was a junior. heart. to glorify Him and His king- to the eighth-grade He and his wife “Jesus, I trust in You. I dom,” he said. boys about respect- were just getting set- could score a touch- ing author- tled in Indianapolis down or break a ity, embrac- when injuries to other leg and never play ing difficult players on the Colts again. So whatever challenges resulted in him getting is supposed to hap- and treat- cut to make room for pen on this play, ing women reinforcements. just let it happen.” as treasured “But the Redskins Mr. Hentges, daughters of claimed me, so I was a 2015 graduate their Heav- lucky enough to get of Helias Catho- enly Father. to continue to play,” lic High School It was the he said. “That’s what and a 2011 gradu- Wednesday God had in store for ate of Immaculate of Catho- me, and I hope to play Conception School lic Schools some more next year.” Students at Immaculate Conception in Jefferson City, Week. School in Jefferson City line up to greet Hale pointed out spoke at an I.C. “What a NFL tight end Hale Hentges during his the importance of School assembly blessing it is Jan. 30 visit to his grade school during maintaining a childlike Jan. 29. for you to be Catholic Schools Week. — Photos by Jay Nies dependence on God. “Not too long able to go to “We can’t control ago, I was right a Catholic School, Him for help can really make everything in life,” he said. where you are,” he where you can share those big decisions easier,” “But we can control our re- said. “Life is crazy Hale Hentges of the Washington Redskins your faith in a place said Hale. lationship with God and our and unpredictable speaks to students in the gymnasium of Im- that everybody He headed south to play disposition about that reality. and fun and it will maculate Concepiton School in Jefferson City, shares it with you football — and play football “Difficult things will hap- all be the time of from which he graduated in 2011. and you get to grow he certainly did. pen in your life, and for a lot your life as long as you keep Figuring out the best way as disciples of God with one “But I actually ended up of you, that may have already God with you.” to do that requires prayer — another,” he told the whole meeting my wife down there, happened,” he noted. “But as He talked to the students an ongoing, open dialogue school. which was the real reason I long as you have that friend- about the importance of forg- with God. Hale played in four college was supposed to go down ship with God, there is noth- ing an unbreakable relation- “The No. 1 thing is, God football national champion- there,” said Hale. “I mean, it ing you can’t deal with.” ships with the University of was awesome to get to play, Alabama Crimson Tide before but the real reason I was there Time to pray graduating with honors last was to answer my calling to Hale’s cousin, Zach Rock- January and entering the sac- marriage.” ers, who is a teacher and foot- rament of marriage with his He noted that God has a ball coach at Helias Catholic, Factory Authorized Dealer wife, Shannon. plan for each person — mar- noted that Hale is much more He made the final roster riage, religious life, Priesthood than a professional football FRANK SCHRIMPF PLUMBING & HEATING for the Indianapolis Colts or single life. player. before finishing this season “It’s not our job to know “He is a man of God,” said 615 A Clark Ave. Jefferson City Phone 636-9661 with Washington, scoring his what God is doing in our life,” Mr. Rockers. “He has is life first NFL touchdown Dec. 22 he said. “It’s our job to say ‘yes’ in order, in terms of putting against the New York Giants. to whatever He asks us to do.” God first, then his family and friends, and then everything The real reason Ups and downs else.” Hale said I.C. and Helias Hale noted that he has got- Mr. Hentges pointed out Catholic were catalysts for ten to play for some excellent that it took him a while “to re- him becoming the person he coaches, which reinforced for ally learn how to pray.” is today. him the importance of re- While structured prayers Featuring the largest selection “They can help you get specting authority. and devotions are good and of tuxedos in Central Mo. wherever you want to go,” he “Even playing in the Na- helpful, “it’s more about actu- with over 300 exciting vest, cummerbund & tie said. “You just have to put in tional Football League, I’m at ally having a relationship with combinations. the hard work and let God the bottom of the totem pole,” God,” he said. 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St. George School in Linn, “They’re focused not just Sacred Heart School in Rich on academic excellence but Fountain and St. Joseph on helping the children School in Westphalia gath- know Christ and how to live ered at St. George School Jan. as His disciples,” he said. 27 to celebrate the gift of a He noted that a school re- Catholic education. flects the values of its people. “It was a great way to kick “It’s the parents’ primary off Catholic Schools Week,” job to form their children said St. George Principal Lisa in the faith and introduce Grellner. “It was amazing to Children from five Catholic schools in Osage County clap to the music of Shannon Cerneka them to Christ,” he stated. see so many young people and Orin Johnson of Oddwalk Ministries during a Catholic Schools Week celebration Jan. 27 “A Catholic school’s job is to from Catholic schools in- in Linn. — Photo by Lisa Grellner help them do that.” teracting and having fun to- When Mr. Cerneka and gether. There was a lot of great dous,” Mr. Cerneka said of the search of items such as sym- termine which two of the five his wife, Erin, enrolled their energy among them.” audience. “They were with us bols of their faith. answers were incorrect. children in St. Peter School, Shannon Cerneka and Orin from the word ‘go.’ They par- They took a picture of each The celebration closed with they were welcomed into “a Johnson of Oddwalk Ministries ticipated well and were cer- item and then moved on to the a prayer service for students of community of people living kicked off the day with songs tainly welcoming not only to next clue. all ages. their faith and caring about one and stories about the light of us but to each other.” “It was a good day,” said Mrs. another and about our kids and Christ dispelling darkness. “That’s what we want our Worth repeating Grellner. “The junior-high kids wanting us to be part of it.” “Beyond that, there was a lot Osage County Catholics to be Students from all grades ate had an especially good time.” That’s the kind of environ- of singing, a lot of just being up — light in the darkness,” said sack lunches together in the gym. 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QUESTION CORNER Papal Audience Why images of crucifixion? / February 5, 2020 Saints and self-flagellation Dear Brothers and Sisters: By Father Kenneth Doyle Catholic News Service In our continuing catechesis on the Beatitudes in Mat- thew’s Gospel, we consider the first of the eight procla- Q. Most of my family is Protestant, mations: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the but I became an adult convert four years kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 5:3). Matthew’s account, ago and was baptized and confirmed in unlike Luke’s, speaks of the “poor in spirit.” Here “spirit,” the Catholic faith. Members of my family recalling the breath of life that God gave to Adam, refers often ask me questions about Catholic be- to the most intimate part of our being. The poor in spirit liefs, and usually I can answer them, but sense their poverty and dependency on God at this inner- recently my mother asked me one that I most level, whereas the proud of heart regard themselves need your help with. She said, “Since Je- as self-sufficient, hating whatever reminds them of the fragility of the human condition. sus is now resurrected and sits at the right To be poor in spirit is to be aware of our frailty, to accept our mistakes and be able to ask hand of God the Father, why do Catholics forgiveness. This then becomes an occasion of grace leading us to God’s kingdom. In contrast keep him crucified on the cross in your statues, religious jew- to worldly power, God’s strength is seen in loving mercy. Christ himself shows this by prefer- elry, pictures, etc.?” (Chillicothe, Ohio) ring the good of others, even to the point of shedding his blood for us. We will be blessed if we both accept the poverty of our being, and strive to imitate the poverty of Jesus in loving service A. The image of the tortured body of Jesus on the cross has of our neighbor. been used by Christians as a devotional symbol since the early I greet the English-speaking pilgrims and visitors taking part in today’s Audience, especially centuries of Christianity. The purpose, of course, is to illustrate the the groups from England, Australia, Vietnam and the United States of America. Upon all of immense love that Christ had for us and the sacrifices he endured you and your families, I invoke the joy and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ. May God bless you! to redeem us. The crucifix serves, too, to remind us that we are called to make our own sacrifices on behalf of others. In one of his sermons, St. Augustine (354-430) gave the un- derlying rationale for the use of the crucifix, writing, “The death J.C. Vitae Foundation Event to feature of the Lord our God should not be a cause of shame for us; rather, it should be our greatest hope, our greatest glory. In taking upon former U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy himself the death that he found in us, he has most faithfully prom- ised to give us life in him, such as we cannot have of ourselves.” DATE: March 9 promote a culture of life and This depiction of Christ on the cross takes its inspiration from TIME: noon, 6:30 pm to help educate women facing St. Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians, where St. Paul writes, unplanned pregnancies about “We proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and Trey Gowdy, a former South local resources available that foolishness to gentiles” (1 Cor 1:23). What you might want to say Carolina congressman, will be can assist them in making a to your mother is that the Catholic Church honors her perception the keynote speaker at the Vi- life-affirming decision. that Jesus now shares in glory -- so much so that some Catholic tae Foundation’s 28th annual The Vitae Foundation is a churches today choose to portray the image of Christ on the cross Jefferson City Pro-Life Events national non-profit organiza- dressed in the white robes of his resurrected glory. on Monday, March 9. tion that uses research-based Most crosses that adorn Catholic church steeples and bell tow- There will be a luncheon digital strategies to reach wom- ers display only the cross, not the body of Jesus; likewise, Catho- program from Noon to 1:30 en facing unplanned pregnan- lics are not adverse to using such religious symbols as the Jerusa- p.m. and a separate dinner pro- cies. lem cross or the Celtic cross. 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The portrayal in District during his eight-year The event raises funds to foundation.org/events. “The Da Vinci Code” of monks undergoing bloody self-beatings tenure in Congress. is clearly an exaggeration. He was considered one of The website of the Catholic group Opus Dei says that some of the majority’s most versatile Shroud of Turin its members do self-flagellate for one or two minutes a week but and skilled legal experts as a use a woven cotton string that causes some discomfort but does former federal prosecutor and presentation in Sedalia not draw blood. The purpose of the practice is to imitate Christ 7th Circuit Solicitor. DATE: February 28 Jim Bertrand, M.Ed, of the by sharing in his suffering. (St. Dominic prayed with arms out- During time as solicitor, TIME: 6:30 pm American Confraternity of the stretched for lengthy periods as Jesus did on the cross.) he started a Violence Against Holy Shroud, will give a pre- In a 2010 article, reacting to a report that St. John Paul II kept Women Task Force and im- sentation on the Shroud of Turin at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. a disciplinary belt in his closet, Father (now Bishop) Robert E. plemented a Drug Mother 28, in St. Vincent de Paul parish’s Parish Center at Sacred Heart Barron explained that the instrument was likely a rope with a few Protocol designed to help ex- Chapel, 421 W. Third St. in Sedalia. small knots in it and that the actual physical pain was probably pectant mothers break the cy- An actual-size replica of the shroud, believed to be the burial minimal. cle of addiction. cloth of Jesus and miraculous evidence of His resurrection, will “Trey Gowdy left the Wash- be available for viewing. The Catholic Missourian February 7, 2020 VIEWPOINT 9 Black history is Catholic history By Shannen Dee Williams teemed poet had been the students’ apt their pioneering commitment to black especially in Africa, which became home Catholic News Service recitation of his protest poem, “Freedom’s historical truth telling within Church to the world’s earliest Catholic Churches In 1949, famed Plow.” boundaries. and monasteries in the third and fourth Harlem Renais- “Who is America?” the students During the Jim Crow era, schools centuries. sance writer Langs- chanted. “You, me! We are America!” administered by the African American Like Carter G. Woodson, the founder ton Hughes cel- Originally published in 1943, “Free- sisterhoods became the first Catholic in- of Negro History Week, black nuns un- ebrated Negro dom’s Plow” charted the long African stitutions to teach and celebrate black his- derstood the subversive power of black History Week (the American struggle for freedom, justice tory and art in the United States. Perhaps history in the face of rampant discrimi- precursor to Black and equality from slavery to the pres- of no great surprise, these black sister-led nation, misrepresentation and erasure. History Month) ent. During World War II, the poem had Catholic schools were also the first Amer- Because many black nuns were the de- with members of also served as a call to action for African ican educational institutions to teach and scendants of the free and enslaved black the Oblate Sisters Americans struggling against fascism champion black Catholic history. people whose labor and sales built the of Providence and their students at the all abroad and at home. As a part of their annual Negro Histo- early American Church, they also recog- black and Catholic St. Alphonsus School That students at the St. Alphonsus ry Week celebrations, students at schools nized how essential teaching black Catho- in Wilson, North Carolina. School had studied and memorized this led by black nuns routinely performed lic history was in the fight against racism “The Negro nuns had an assembly of poem as part of their curriculum for Ne- skits documenting the pioneering history in their Church. tiny youngsters who did all by themselves gro History Week in 1949 is more than of black Catholics in the United States. Despite the herculean efforts of the a fine Negro History program,” Hughes noteworthy. It stands as a powerful testa- On the high school level, students often black sisterhoods and those who followed wrote in The Chicago Defender one week ment to the visionary leadership of the wrote essays exploring the long and rich later. And of particular delight to the es- nation’s black Catholic sisterhoods and history of black Catholics in the Church, See WILLIAMS, page 23 Opening doors to love By Maureen Pratt hold the door for someone else. A quick glimpse back to the miracle of steady us: Love matters beyond roses, Catholic News Service Since that episode, I’ve seen others Christmas we have just enjoyed, or for- lace hearts and store advertisements. Love As Valentine’s where the presence of a closed (or closing) ward to Lent and Easter upcoming can brings Christ’s light to all! Day approaches, door poses potentials for love and kind- so too does more ness and/or the opposite. awareness of love An elevator bank, with multiple pos- REFLECTION and how we express sibilities of going up and down floors, can it to the diverse be tempting to those of us who are in a people in our lives. hurry. For the birds From an awesome We’ve maybe (probably) been in the agape-centered “I situation where the doors to a car are clos- By Mark Saucier love you” lived out ing just as someone else rushes toward “Hey Grandpa. Come quick. You got to see this,” shouted my 3-year-old in actions toward a stranger to the “I it, hoping to catch the same car rather grandson. He was standing at the back door, staring out the glass panels. love you” deep with years of togetherness than wait for another. In those fleeting I got there just before his second “Hurry up, grandpa!” He was jumping up shared by spouses, bringing God’s kind- moments, do we think, “Oh, well, he/ and down. “It’s a ‘cawdnal’ he said, pointing at a red-robed bird, all plump and ness to the world is one of the most won- she will catch another soon enough,” or, proud, perched on a wire. derful actions we engage in and central to “Where’s the ‘door open’ button ... ah! It wasn’t there for long, but then we spotted a brown-headed cowbird, half- our Christian faith. There it is.” hidden in the branches a of small tree. But sometimes kindness can be mis- Someone carrying a heavy load might Looking up again, we saw a sparrow now on the wire, cheeping away, acting taken for condescension or a clumsy pow- obviously signal to us that our help in as if the cardinal was just the opening act. er play or prejudice. Or, our own “bag- holding doors or otherwise navigating “How many birds are there, Grandpa?” my grandson asked. I didn’t know if gage” can make for heavy lifting when with the bundle might be welcome. he was referring to all birds dotting the global skies or just the subset of those it comes to giving or receiving kindness But the physical presence of weight in his backyard. I simply replied, “Not as many as there were.” from someone else. doesn’t have to be visible for us to be kind, A recent study reported that over the past 50 years, North America has lost A remembered scene from high school patient and lend a hand; so many of the more than a quarter of its bird population — over three billion birds. Hardest illustrates what I mean: burdens that weigh people down cannot hit were just 12 families, familiar to many for their markings and their song. The school’s band director, male, and a be seen, but are profoundly felt. Sparrows, warblers, finches and meadowlarks all suffered serious decline. female student were walking ahead of me A door doesn’t have to be physical to “Look at the birds in the sky,” Jesus admonished, making an example of toward a closed door. As we approached be an impediment that we can help re- their untroubled dependence on God. But that was before climate change, it, the band director grabbed the handle move so someone else’s life can be a little pesticides, urbanization and habitat degradation. Our feathered friends may and swung the door open, then stepped easier, a little more hope-filled. be a little anxious now. aside to let the student and me pass Job seekers or those working through Birds have always been a part of our story. A dove brought Noah a branch, through. various maze-like situations in health signaling the beginning of a new life. Quails, knee-deep in the desert, sus- I saw this as a courteous gesture, but care, education or troubled relationships tained the wandering Israelites. Ravens fed the prophet Elijah when he was the other student saw it as something can benefit from the access we might be in hiding. quite different. She stopped, turned to able to provide through our giving of Turtledoves — and pigeons for the poor — were sacrificed to expiate sin him and said, “Oh, you’re just doing this time, counsel or other assistance, thus and implore God’s mercy. because you’re a man, aren’t you? Well, I opening doors to opportunities, growth In the first chapter of Genesis, God said, “Let the birds multiply on the can open my own door.” and strength. earth.” Now subtracting instead of multiplying, we need to reconsider what She turned away and went through the Pain from past hurts, trauma that fes- God meant when He gave humans “dominion over the fish of the sea, the open doorway, leaving the band director ters can surely affect the ease with which birds of the airs, and all the living things that move on the earth.” looking quite surprised (and still holding the door to our heart opens, especially Maybe there’s a hint in the second chapter where the words are “cultivate the door handle). As I walked through, I if our kind actions seem to be met with and care.” looked at him and said, “Thank you,” but resistance or hostility. In those times we I worry that there will be a time when we can no longer take Job’s advice I suspect my gratitude didn’t quite make may wonder, “Is it worth it to try again?” and ask “the birds of the air to tell you” of the hand of God in the world. up for my fellow student’s reaction. I still Or, “Should I just save myself the extra I worry my grandson may never hear “Hey Grandpa. Come quick. You got wonder if the band director ever dared to trouble?” to see this.” 10 The Catholic Missourian February 7, 2020 World Day for Consecrated Life: God’s love is worth more than any earthly good, Pope says By Cindy Wooden has a role to Pope said. “If Catholic News Service play in sharing consecrated life Vatican City the good news remains steadfast When one is totally in love of salvation in in love for the with the Lord, then poverty, Christ. Lord, it perceives chastity and obedience are not After recit- beauty. It sees sacrifices, but vehicles of free- ing the Ange- that poverty is dom, Pope Francis told conse- lus prayer on not some colossal crated men and women. the feast day, effort, but rather Celebrating the World Day he asked people a higher freedom for Consecrated Life, Pope in St. Peter’s that God gives Francis urged women and men Square to join to us and others religious to be people of hope, him in praying as real wealth. It and he asked all Catholics to a Hail Mary for sees that chas- pray for the hundreds of thou- “the consecrated tity is not austere sands of women and men who men and women sterility, but the continue to consecrate their who do so much way to love with- lives totally to serving God and work, so often out possessing. their brothers and sisters. hidden.” It sees that obe- Led by candle-bearing men In his hom- dience is not a and women from a variety of ily at the Mass discipline, but is religious orders, Pope Francis with religious victory over our processed into a darkened St. the evening be- Religious hold candles as Pope Francis celebrates a Mass marking the World Day own chaos, in Peter’s Basilica Feb. 1 for a vig- fore, Pope Fran- for Consecrated Life in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Feb. 1. The Mass was cele- the way of Jesus.” brated on the vigil of the feast of the Presentation of the Lord. — CNS photo/Stefano Dal il celebration of Candlemas — cis focused on Simeon was the feast of the Presentation of the figures of Simeon and ly good,” Pope Francis said. our empty hands,” the things able to recognize the Messiah the Lord — and the Vatican Anna, who were present in the “And so, you left behind pre- one did not achieve, the lack because he had been looking celebration of the World Day Temple when Mary and Jo- cious things such as posses- of recognition and the strug- for him, the Pope said. He for Consecrated Life. seph brought the baby Jesus. sions, such as making a family gles one has had. never lost hope. “It was the first time I was so Simeon and Anna, who dedi- for yourselves.” A temptation that every “Looking around, it is easy close to the Pope,” stated Sis- cated their lives to prayer, rec- “You fell in love with Jesus, Christian, including religious, to lose hope: things that don’t ter Cindy Weber of the School ognized Jesus as the Messiah. you saw everything in him, experiences is that of seeing work, the decline in voca- Sisters of Notre Dame, a for- Simeon says that he can and enraptured by his gaze, life in a “worldly way” rather tions,” the Pope said, but a life mer pastoral minister at St. Jo- die in peace because he had you left the rest behind. Re- than focusing on God’s grace devoid of hope is a worldly seph parish in Westphalia, who seen “the grace that was worth ligious life is this vision,” he at work. When that happens, one, not one focused on Jesus is now serving at the SSND more than life,” the Pope said. said. the Pope said, people go off and trust in God’s love and fi- Generalate in Rome. Religious men and women A key to perseverance and “in search of something to delity. On the feast day itself, Feb. and consecrated virgins also joy in religious life is to be al- substitute for it: a bit of fame, “We become blind if we 2, the Pope spoke about how “caught sight of the treasure ways aware of the presence of a consoling affection, finally do not look to the Lord every every member of the Church worth more than any world- God’s grace, the Pope told the getting to do what I want.” day, if we do not adore him,” religious. “The tempter, the Focus on God’s enduring the Pope told the religious. Rite of Welcome devil, focuses on our ‘poverty,’ love is the only antidote, the “Adore the Lord.”

Father Louis Dorn, a retired priest of the Jefferson City diocese, leads the Rite of Welcoming for people preparing for Sacraments of Initiation at Easter, during Sunday Mass on Jan. 12 in St. Joseph Church in Martinsburg. As part of the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA), those seeking initiation at the parish placed their hands on a copy of the Book of the Gospels as a symbol of their re- ceiving the Good News. As a sign of their new way of life, their sponsors traced a cross on their forehead, as well as all of the senses, and their hands and feet. Fr. Dorn was filling in for the pastor, Father Augustine Okoli, who was visiting his family in Nigeria. — Photos by Patty Fennewald The Catholic Missourian February 7, 2020 11 Public Rosary in Moberly “The Power of Lent” talk DATE: February 22 Members saw hell, where poor sinners go. To save them, at St. Brendan in Mexico TIME: 1:30 - 2:30 pm of St. Pius God wishes to establish devotion to my Immac- X parish in ulate Heart in the world.” DATE: February 23 up some of the most important Moberly will participate in the national Praying The prayer intention in Moberly will be for a TIME: After 9 am Mass things in his life up for Lent. a Public Square Rosary event from 1:30 to 2:30 universal appreciation for the sanctity and dig- He has traveled to parishes p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 22, on the northeast cor- nity of all human life; and public reparation to Chad Volmert, a 20-year- and schools to show the docu- ner of Rollins and Morley streets. the Immaculate Heart of Mary and the Sacred old Catholic speaker who is mentary and talk about the im- In one of her apparitions at Fatima, Portugal, Heart of Jesus for society’s indignities against majoring in theology, will give portance of Lent. the Blessed Mother said to the children: “You marriage, family, chastity and life. a presentation on “The Power This spring, he will embark of Lent” after the 9 a.m. Mass on a tour, giving presentations on Sunday, Feb. 23, in St. at the University of Missouri, “Faith Without Fear” Brendan Church, 615 S. Wash- the University of South Da- ington St. in Mexico. kota, and The University of Born and raised in Jefferson Nebraska‒Lincoln. conference in Montgomery City City, Mr. Volmert was always He hopes to “make the world DATE: February 29 Saturday, Feb. 29, in Mont- ening Women’s Conference drawn toward his faith but of- a better place in the name of TIME: 7 pm gomery City. and The Wave Fearless Teens ten kept God at a distance. Jesus Christ, and bring people It will begin at 7 p.m. in Camp. As a senior in high school, af- closer to God.” Christy Boulware, found- the Knights of Columbus God is allowing the pain ter “falling in a hole and making er and president of Fearless Hall, 318 N. Sturgeon St. that was once a crippling fear mistake after mistake,” he finally Like Us On Women (www.fearlesswom Ms. Boulware is the author to become her platform to realized how important his faith enstl.com), a St. Louis-based of two video small-group help other women. is and made his relationship with facebook organization that helps peo- studies, “Faith.Hope.Love” Her mission is to teach God a priority in his life. ple overcome anxiety with and “Fearless Fundamentals,” that God’s perfect love casts He is featured in a docu- Diocese of God’s help, will leave a “Faith and is leading the way in her out all fear. mentary titled “40 Days and Jefferson City Without Fear” conference on community with The Awak- 40 Nights,” in which he gives

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We need to a mission. thing of value you not all white.” realize we are all learners and For more than 15 have to pass on to the She added that the fight be willing to stay in the con- years, this Dominican next generation, but against racism is often an un- versation and listen and vali- sister of Springfield, not if you cannot get comfortable one — one that date other experiences. Illinois, has taken up a home because you most people would rather “It is slow and prodding the fight against rac- are redlined.” leave untouched. work,” she said. “It is hard ism. Sr. Marcelline said “We need to be ready to work, but most importantly, As the justice pro- she has heard stories be uncomfortable,” she said. it is good work.” moter of her con- of the effects of dis- gregation, she is de- criminatory lending termined to educate policies firsthand, people in particular as she is part of the on the scourge of in- Springfield Coalition stitutional racism. on Dismantling Rac- Visiting the dio- ism. cese in November Dominican Sister Marcelline Koch leads a She is called upon 2019, she gave a talk discussion on social justice for members to give talks and train- on this timely topic of her religious community in 2017. ing sessions to local to around 40 people — Photo from the Dominican Sisters institutions, govern- at the St. Thomas of Springfield, Illinois ment and civic groups More Newman Cen- several times a year. ter in Columbia. of the color of his or her skin. She noted that a local med- The talk was part of the “Instead,” she said, “I want ical school has heeded the call parish’s adult-faith- formation you to see that racism is still to end discrimination by pro- program. systemically embedded in our moting a diverse population Students’ prayer bouquets are displayed in vases before Sr. Marcelline began by country. I want to help change throughout the institution. the altar of Holy Family Church in Hannibal during the explaining that racial inequal- our policies, practices and “That’s encouraging,” she school’s celebration of prayer during Cahtolic Schools ity dates back to this nation’s procedures.” said. Week. — Photo by Sister Bettty Uchytil SSND founding. In expanding on institu- Education on this topic is “Laws were established tional racism, Sr. Marcelline the key to change, she stated. PILLARS (early on) to advantage the noted the still common prac- “Racism can’t be undone by From page 5 white person and disadvan- tice of “redlining” in the bank- one person but rather by like- tage the non-white,” she said. ing and real-estate industries. mined groups,” she said. She cited as an example how service, prayer and hospitality “That is what we call white Redlining is defined as re- She talked about the sisters converge each time the fifth- through eighth-graders help out at privilege.” fusing a loan or insurance to of her own congregation’s ef- Douglass Community Services. She added that it was not someone because they live in forts to practice what they They spend one morning per month packaging food for dis- her purpose to make someone an area deemed to be a poor preach. tribution at the organization’s food pantry. feel bad or feel guilty because financial risk. “We want to be account- “It’s close enough to our school that they can walk there and back, so it’s an awesome gift that they’re able to give,” said Mrs. Hooley. Vatican donates masks to China Last year, the school also raised $5,000 for St. Jude Chil- dren’s Research Hospital in Memphis. to combat coronavirus outbreak She noted that Holy Family parish has had an active steward- By Junno Arocho Esteves The masks were paid for by the Vatican and ship commission for over a decade, and that adults are setting Catholic News Service Chinese Christian communities in Italy, while the stage with their involvement at church and in the school. Vatican City airline companies, including China Southern “It’s so much a team effort — the parents, the school board, The Vatican donated thousands of protective Airlines, provided free shipment, the report the staff, the kids,” she said. “I see us actually becoming a stew- masks to several Chinese provinces affected by said. ardship parish and continuing to work on that.” the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus. “I hope the supplies could reach where they In an email to Catholic News Service Feb. 3, are needed as soon as possible, so that people Giving back the Vatican press office confirmed a report that who are suffering the disease could feel the Mrs. Hooley, a lifelong Holy Family parishioner and gradu- appeared in the Chinese newspaper The Global concern from the Holy See. The whole world ate of Holy Family School, is in her 18th year of teaching there. Times, which said that since Jan. 27, the Vatican is standing together to fight the virus,” Father She’s grateful to be a part of a community that lets her share has sent 600,000-700,000 protective masks to Han told The Global Times. what she believes and put her faith into practice every day. China. During his Sunday Angelus address Jan. 26, “I love what I do,” she said. “Whether I’m teaching social “The masks are destined to the provinces of Pope Francis expressed condolences to the vic- studies or math, I get to tie faith into my lessons and teach Hubei, Zhejiang and Fujian,” the press office tims of the virus and his support for efforts to about Jesus.” told CNS. “It is a joint initiative of the Office of fight its spread. She’s been around long enough to see former students want Papal Charities and the Chinese Church in Italy, “I wish to be close to and pray for the people to give back after graduating and moving on. in collaboration with the Vatican pharmacy.” who are sick because of the virus that has spread “They’re grateful for what they received here and want to do According to the Global Times report, Chi- through China,” the pope said. “May the Lord something to help the parish and the school,” she said. nese Father Vincenzo Han Duo, vice rector of welcome the dead into his peace, comfort fami- “That’s our goal,” she stated. “When they’re old enough, we Rome’s Pontifical Urbanian College, said the lies and sustain the great commitment by the want them to make the decision to still be part of us, or take donation was made possible with the help of Chinese community that has already been put whatever seed we’ve given them to a new parish and continue Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner. in place to combat the epidemic.” growing it there.” The Catholic Missourian February 7, 2020 MCC MESSENGER 13

MISSOURI CATHOLIC Messenger CONFERENCE A quarterly publication by the Missouri Catholic Conference

Issue I, February 2020

“The more prosperous nations are obliged, to the extent they are able, to welcome the foreigner in search of the security and the means of livelihood which he cannot find in his country of origin.” -Catechism of the Catholic Church No. 2241

U.S. Immigration Law 101: Shining Light on a Complex Process

In this edition of Messenger, we offer this primer on U.S. immigration law to help shed some light on a complicated process that takes years to navigate for those seeking to make the U.S. their home. We hope this will take away some of the mystery of the U.S. immigration process for those unfamiliar with how the system works. The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), which governs current U.S. immigration law, was passed by Congress in 1965. It sets a limit of 675,000 permanent immigrant visas (often referred to as “green cards” because of their distinctive color) that may be granted on an annual basis. To ensure the diversity of the immigrant population, no more than seven percent of the total number of green cards awarded can go to immigrants from any one foreign nation. Foreign nationals seeking to immigrate to the U.S. can legally apply for a “green card” if they fall into one of the following categories. Once granted a “green card”, they obtain lawful permanent resident status, but not citizenship. (continued on pg. 2)

*all data sourced from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security 14 MCC MESSENGER The Catholic Missourian February 7, 2020

Family Reunification Immediate 480,000 family-based visas are available each year. Immediate family members Relatives of of U.S. citizens can be admitted if they are the spouse, unmarried child under 21, LEGAL PERMANENT US. Citizens or parent of the sponsoring citizen, so long as they meet certain criteria and the 1 RESIDENTS (LPRS) petitioning citizen meets age and financial requirements. Adult children and brothers BY CATEGORY OF and sisters of U.S. citizens can also be admitted under the “family preference” category. ADMISSION (FY 2017) In Fiscal Year 2017, immigrants granted visas through family reunification accounted for 66% of all new immigrant admissions. To be admitted through the family-based immigration system, the sponsoring citizen must establish the legitimacy of the relationship, meet income requirements and sign an affidavit attesting that he/she Family- Employment- will financially support the relative upon his/her arrival. Those seeking admission Sponsored Based must submit to a medical exam, obtain any necessary vaccinations, pass a criminal Preferences Preferences Refugees background check, and establish that he/she will not become dependent on government assistance for their subsistence. Reunification for legal immigrants can be a lengthy process. A sibling of a naturalized U.S. citizen from the Philippines, for example, can currently expect to wait at least 20 years before being able to immigrate legally to the U.S.

Special Skills of Value to the U.S.

140,000 permanent work visas are available for those with special skills. Immigrants admitted under this category must meet certain skill criteria, such as Asylees Diversity Other in the arts, sciences, education, or research and have a job offer from an employer willing to sponsor them. Visas for unskilled or low-skilled workers are limited to 5,000 annually. Religious workers, or those working for the U.S. foreign service may also qualify under this category for admission, along with those willing to invest between $900,000 and $1.8M (as of 11/21/19) in a job creating enterprise that employs at least 10 full-time U.S. workers. In fiscal year 2017, immigrants admitted through this category accounted for 12% of all new immigrant admissions.

2 LPRS BY GEOGRAPHIC Asia | 37.7% Immediate Relatives of U.S. Citizens 36.8% REGION OF BIRTH AND TOP Family-Sponsored Preferences 22.6% CATEGORIES OF ADMISSION Employment-Based Preferences 19.8 % PER REGION (FY 2017)

N. America | 36.7% Immediate Relatives of U.S. Citizens 52.1% Family-Sponsored Preferences 24.3% Refugees and Asylees 14.7% “Immigrants are obliged to respect Africa | 10.5% Immediate Relatives of U.S. Citizens 43.0% with gratitude Refugees and Asylees 22.4% the material and Diversity 18.5% spiritual heritage Europe | 7.5% Immediate Relatives of U.S. Citizens 50.0% of the country Employment-Based Preferences 23.8% that receives Diversity 13.5% them, to obey its S. America | 7.0% laws and to assist Immediate Relatives of U.S. Citizens 60.4% in carrying out Family-Sponsored Preferences 18.7% civic burdens.” – Employment-Based Preferences 14.1% Oceania | 0.4% Catechism of the Immediate Relatives of U.S. Citizens 53.5% Catholic Church Employment-Based Preferences 23.9% No. 2241 Family-Sponsored Preferences 18.7% The Catholic Missourian February 7, 2020 MCC MESSENGER 15

Defensive Asylum Cases Received by Country of Nationality: FY 2016 to 2018

2016 2017 2018 Country Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent

TOTAL 81,730 100.0 142,971 100.0 159,473 100.0 El Salvador 19,521 23.9 37,489 26.2 31,371 19.7 Guatemala 13,024 15.9 23,511 16.4 26,055 16.3 Mexico 15,673 19.2 22,340 15.6 24,412 15.3 Honduras 11,883 14.5 20,974 14.7 21,336 13.4 China, People’s Republic 3,912 4.8 6,272 4.4 8,028 5.0

Individuals Granted Asylum Affirmatively or Defensively by Country of Nationality: FY 2016 to 2018

2016 2017 2018 Country Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent

TOTAL 20,362 100.0 26,509 100.0 38,687 100.0 China, People’s Republic 4,495 22.1 5,615 21.2 6,905 17.8 Venezuela 343 1.7 549 2.1 6,087 15.7 El Salvador 2,144 10.5 3,476 13.1 2,963 7.7 Guatemala 1,921 9.4 2,949 11.1 2,358 6.1 Honduras 1,474 7.2 2,045 7.7 2,029 5.2

*all data sourced from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Refugees Asylees

Refugees are foreign nationals that flee their country because of political Asylees are foreign nationals that cross into the U.S. and make a claim for strife, war or personal conflict with their government. They seek “refuge” in asylum after they arrive here, unlike refugees who make a claim before they the U.S. due to a “well-founded fear of persecution” if they return to their arrive. Like refugees, they must prove that they are unable to return to their homeland because of their race, religion, national origin, political opinion, native land because of a “well-founded fear of persecution.” Asylum seekers or being a member of a particular social group in their country of origin. who arrive at the border and request asylum typically present their case to Refugees apply for admission from outside the United States, typically a government agency (affirmative cases), while those who enter the U.S. from a “transition country” (designated by the U.N.) that is not their home and are later apprehended by ICE present their case before an immigration country. judge during deportation hearings (defensive cases). The U.S. granted Each year, the president and Congress set a limit on the number of asylum (both affirmatively and defensively) to 26,509 individuals in 2017. refugees that will be admitted during that calendar year. Since Donald Asylees accounted for just 2.3% of all new immigrant admissions in 2017. Trump was elected, that number – called the “Presidential determination” (PD) - has been decreasing. In 2019, the PD was 30,000, down from 85,000 Diversity Visa Program in 2016, 50,000 in 2017, and 45,000 in 2018. For 2020, President Trump has proposed 18,000 refugees be admitted, the lowest number since the current In addition to the categories above, the Immigration Act of 1990 system was enacted in 1980. established a visa lottery whereby 55,000 visas are made available to foreign The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), through nationals from countries that have sent fewer than 50,000 immigrants to the its Migration Committee, has spoken out in recent years in opposition to U.S. in the previous five years. Because of historical immigration patterns, reductions in the number of refugees admitted under the Presidential the diversity program benefits primarily immigrants from Africa and Eastern determination, stating in late 2019 that “[g]iven the unprecedented Europe. 51,592 individuals were admitted as citizens in 2017 through the humanitarian need and the crucial global leadership role that our country diversity visa program, accounting for 4.6% of admissions. plays, we strongly urge the Administration and Congress -- as they engage in the consultation phase mandated by statute -- to work together to restore U.S. refugee resettlement to normal, historical levels.” U.S. Citizenship The USCCB, through state charitable agencies like Catholic Charities, has been involved in helping settle refugees in the U.S. for years. In 2017, the Obtaining a green card doesn’t confer citizenship status. Those holding U.S. admitted 53,691 refugees.The top five countries of origin of individuals green cards must wait at least five years before applying for citizenship admitted were the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Syria, Somalia, through the naturalization process, which can take as long as 14 months and Burma. after the application is submitted. Applicants must be at least 18 years of age, demonstrate continuous residency in the U.S., possess “good moral 16 MCC MESSENGER The Catholic Missourian February 7, 2020

character,” pass English, U.S. history and civics exams, and pay any applicable born children who file for recognition under the DACA program are insulated application fees, among other requirements. Those holding green cards can from deportation proceedings. DACA recipients do not receive citizenship lose their lawful permanent resident status if they fail to establish a permanent status but are temporarily protected from deportation. U.S. residence, vote in an election as if they were already a citizen, commit a To obtain relief under DACA, recipients must have been at least 15 years old crime, or defraud the immigration system. and no more than 31 as of August 15, 2012, have entered the U.S. before age 16, have lived continuously in the U.S. since June 15, 2007, have been in school The Immigration Crisis at the Southern U.S. Border or have graduated high school or obtained a GED, or be in the military, and have no serious criminal history. DACA recipients are granted relief for periods Over the last five years, the U.S. has seen a rise in asylum cases brought by of two years at a time. Only previously registered DACA recipients are currently foreign nationals crossing the southern U.S. border, overwhelming the U.S. eligible for this program, as no new DACA applications are being accepted immigration infrastructure. Migrants from El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, For DACA recipients to obtain lawful permanent status, Congress would Mexico and Venezuela, some traveling as families, have sought refuge in the have to pass legislation like the “Dream Act.” The Dream Act would offer a path U.S. due to rising political and social problems in those countries, grabbing to citizenship to registered DACA recipients as a humanitarian gesture because headlines and increasing political and social tension in the process. they have lived here most of their life, have little — if any — legal status in their The unprecedented migration to the U.S. has led to a backlog in the parents’ home country, and are effectively citizens without a country. immigration courts. In 2015, immigration courts in the U.S. faced a backlog of After his election, President Trump announced in September 2017 that he just over 500,000 cases. In September of 2019, the backlog reached an historic was going to phase out the DACA program, thereby putting in jeopardy the milestone of over 1 million cases. These cases are expected take as long as deferred deportation status of an estimated 600,000 – 800,000 “Dreamers.” four years to be resolved, and the humanitarian crisis caused by the migration Numerous lawsuits have been filed challenging President Trump’s decision, is far from over. and the DACA program remains active pending the outcome of the cases, which For those who arrive here on the Southern border, the reality is that most have now reached the U.S. Supreme Court. At issue in the case is whether the will not be able to stay. In the last ten years, roughly only one in five migrants court has the authority to review the decision to discontinue DACA, whether seeking asylum have been granted relief, the other four seeing their requests the DACA program was legal in the first place and whether it was lawful for for asylum denied. Despite an increase in the number of cases filed, the President Trump to cancel it in the manner that he did. A decision on the cases number of migrants granted asylum has stayed fairly consistent, at least for the is expected by the end of June 2020. last three years for which data are available. 20,362 individuals were The USCCB has been supportive of DACA and the Dream Act, stating the granted asylum in 2016, 26,509 in 2017, and 38,687 in 2018. Of those granted Dream Act in particular “provides critical protection to Dreamers, immigrant asylum in 2018, 34.7% came from El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, and youths who entered the United States as children and know America as their Venezuela. (see graphic on pg. 3) only home. The bill offers qualifying young people ‘permanent resident status The USCCB, again through its Migration Committee, has been advocating on a conditional basis’ and a path to full lawful permanent residency and for the humane treatment of migrants at the border, some of whom come eventual citizenship.” from historically Catholic countries and in the majority of cases are fleeing violence, crime, and political instability in their home countries. The bishops have opposed policies that result in detention and separation of children from their parents at the border, and ones that put migrants at further risk of exploitation or abuse. Various Catholic and other charity agencies are serving migrants at the border as part of their call to ministry, offering services to help To learn more about the U. S. bishops’ positions on arrivals maintain some sense of humanity and normalcy as they wait for their immigration issues, please visit the Justice for Immigrants individual situations to be addressed. website at justiceforimmigrants.org.

DACA/Dreamers For statistical data on U.S. immigrants, visit the Department Another hot topic in immigration law the last few years is a program that has allowed children brought to the U.S. by their foreign-born parents to remain of Homeland Security’s immigration page at dhs.gov/topic/ here, despite the technical designation of no legal status in the U.S. Known citizenship-and-immigration-services. as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, “DACA” has received much publicity since its announcement in June 2012 by President Barack Obama. Foreign-

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Indi- Capital City will be inducted into the He- the online edition of The Catholic Mis- geared toward honoring members of viduals must have graduated at least 20 lias Hall of Fame during the Foundation sourian at www.cathmo.com. the Helias Catholic community while years prior to induction; demonstrated for the Benefit of Helias Catholic High The celebration will start with a 6 p.m. raising money to support the endow- loyalty and service to Helias; distin- School’s “Celebrate the Legacy” event. reception in the Capitol Plaza atrium, fol- ment and thus help keep tuition low. guished him or herself in a chosen It will be held on Saturday, Feb. 29, at lowed by dinner in the ballroom at 7 p.m. This celebration will highlight vari- field; and have exhibited moral stan- the Capitol Plaza Hotel in Jefferson City. The program, including the 2020 ous aspects of the Helias educational dards to the credit of the school. The honorees will include: Joyce E. 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Avery same love, zeal and passion David Bereit, founder of the Bourne, the youngest law- as we pray for the babies?” international 40 Days for Life maker ever sworn into the she asked. campaign of praying, fasting, Illinois General Assembly, She said ThriVe St. Louis public engagement and prayer- was eighth months preg- had saved 22,000 babies by ful witness outside abortion nant last year when she ar- offering abortion-mindedclinics, gave the keynote ad- gued against passage of an pregnant women a free dress. Illinois law that expanded ultrasound using the ul- He presented special recog- access to abortion. trasound machine in the nition Mike and Kathy Forck, “It’s a lot different when ThriVe vehicle parked out- members of St. Andrew parish you’ve got a baby kicking in side Planned Parenthood. in Holts Summit, who started your belly while you’re talk- The Knights of Colum- and continue to lead Columbia ing about it,” she said. Mike and Kathy Forck, leaders of the Columbia 40 Days for Life bus paid for the machine. 40 Days for Life and the Mid- She thanked the people Campaign and the Midwest March for Life, accept special rec- ognition from 40 Days for Life during a rally at the end of this “Each of us has been west March for Life. at the rally for their advo- year’s march. — Photo by Jay Nies ‘fearfully and wonderfully Mr. Bereit acknowledged cacy in bringing about laws, made’ in God’s image, and the great progress Missouri had policies and a culture that have carried by clergy at the front of Katrina Gallic, director of each of us has a very important made on the pro-life front. undermined abortion in Mis- the march. development for the national purpose,” she said. “No matter “But injustice anywhere is souri. He then helped carry it. March for Life in Washington, how we are conceived, our cir- injustice everywhere,” he said. “You are an inspiration for Led by the cross and an D.C., predicted that the last cumstances, our race, our abili- “Until the number of abor- those of us who are fighting honor guard of Fourth Degree abortion facility in Missouri ties, each of us has a purpose.” tions is zero, you and I have that battle in Illinois,” she said. Knights of Columbus and sev- would soon close. She believes Missouri has work to do. We must pray, we But it’s not enough to be eral groups carrying banners, She credited the precipi- must hear and answer the successful here, she added: the people marched past sym- tous drop in abortions in More photos from call, and we must persevere. “This has got to be something bols of the three branches of the state to legislative ac- this event have been “Things are going to get we take nationwide.” state government — the Capi- tion, the prayers and witness posted in The Catholic tough,” he said. “The whole Jacinta Florence, regional tol, the Governor’s Mansion of 40 Days for Life, and the Missourian’s online nation is now watching Mis- coordinator for Students for and the Supreme Court. work of local pregnancy re- edition, www.cathmo. souri. This is going to get Life of America, invited young There were chants, cheers, source centers and other or- harder before it gets easier. people to get active in the pro- prayers, hymns and lively ban- ganizations. com. Select “Photo Know that it’s worth it.” life movement. ter throughout the assembly. “As important as the work Galleries” from the “We’re making history to- The marchers then gathered we do day-in and day-out on “Multimedia” tab on Living history day,” she said. “Let’s make his- inside the Rotunda of the State Capitol Hill, it’s here in the the menu bar. That afternoon, Mr. Be- tory together.” Capitol for a rally. halls of state capitols that the reit led a workshop on con- Stacy Washington, host of Monsignor Robert A. Kur- change happens,” she said. “By captured God’s heart. vincing people to be pro-life Lifezette TV’s “Stacy on the wicki, vicar general for the Jef- your presence, you are sending “He keeps blessing what by offering a living witness of Right,” said God respects life ferson City diocese and chap- a clear message to your state happens here,” she said. “He faith, hope and love. because He is the creator of life. lain of the Missouri House of leaders that life is winning.” is answering your prayers and “That will speak so much He also forgives and wants Representatives, offered the She encouraged everyone to doing what you ask. God has more loudly than words,” he to heal women and families opening prayer. think about “how you are be- your back, so step out and fin- said. that have been harmed by “We lift up our hearts to ing asked to say yes to God’s ish the dream.” He predicted that when the abortion. You as we renew ourselves to call to do more for the unborn, history books are written, Mis- “This is the work we’re be grateful for the gift of every to do more for their mothers.” “Injustice anywhere” souri will be in the chapter on called to do,” she said. “Share human life,” he prayed. “Bless Bridget VanMeans, presi- Defender of Life awards how abortion ended in the Un- your testimony and shame the all who take part in this rally, dent of ThriVe St. Louis, a life- were presented to state Reps. tied States. devil.” God bless the March for Life affirming full-service women’s- Mary Elizabeth Coleman, Eli- “You’ll be able to tell your and God bless the Show Me healthcare organization, said jah Haahr, Nick Schroer and children and grandchildren Marching orders State.” she’s proud to be a one-issue Adam Schnelting, cosponsors that you were on the front Bishop McKnight blessed voter because no issue is more of sweeping pro-life legislation lines, and thanks be to God, a rugged cross that was to be “Finish the dream” important than life. passed during the Missouri abortion ended,” he said. 18 The Catholic Missourian February 7, 2020 EDUCATORS From page 4 Members of all three coun- pared the food and staffed the The grand knights present- and PSR programs, as well as at St. Peter Interparish School, cils and ladies’ auxiliaries pre- event. ed donations to the schools the Vogelweid Learning Center the Diocesan Excellence in Education Fund, and the di- Supplying ice for parish picnics, weddings ocesan Catholic School Office. and any occasion you might have. 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It doesn’t line up — to love them, not judge them “It’s such a positive, loving at- with my Catholic faith or the — and to just hold their hand mosphere here,” she said. “We’re system of government we have through whatever trial brought all about love and making sure that promotes the voices of ev- them there that day,” she said. everyone feels that love.” ery single person.” Sometimes, women would She said a truly pro-life so- Mr. Glaude said his mother accept help and turn away from ciety would be filled with “ex- is a model of women’s empow- abortion. tremely positive people who are erment. Other times, they would go pro-woman, pro-children, pro- “She’s one of the most inspir- through with the abortion. family, pro-everyone.” ing people I know, one of the “And we were still there when Tolton Catholic senior Ash- hardest workers, someone I look they came back out, waiting to ley Kippes was attending her up to, someone who will fight love them and ready to keep fifth March for Life. for me, for herself, for so many walking with them,” she said. “The Pro-Life Generation is things she believes,” he said. “It’s With the help of several like- winning the fight against abor- inspiring to have her for a role minded women, Mrs. Durbin tion,” said Miss Kippes, presi- model.” opened Ray of Hope Pregnancy dent of her school’s pro-life club. Mr. Glaude said some of the Pilgrims from St. Mary parish in Shelbina provided this Ministries of Macon County. It’s less of a victory of par- most important pro-life work photo from the 47th annual March for Life on Jan. 24 in A year later, they opened a Washington, D.C. ty or public policy than an between this year’s and next second location for pregnant emerging triumph of compas- year’s March for Life will take that in order to follow Him they stated. women in all kinds of crisis sit- sion and awareness. place in respectful conversations. must be willing to take up their “I ask that you remember uations in neighboring Shelby “It’s the little things you do “It starts here with being cross,” the archbishop stated. those women who have gone County. in your daily life,” she said. “Be- a proper steward of what you In standing “for the lives of down that broken road,” she She spoke passionately of ing kind to someone — you believe,” he said. “It starts with unborn children, you may face said. “Pray for them and be love overcoming fear. don’t know what they might compassion.” ridicule and social exclusion,” there for them, too.” “I’m begging you all to have be going through. Being open the archbishop added. “You She talked about the experi- a heart for everybody — the to helping women who are in “Broken road” may be penalized in the acad- ence of praying on the sidewalk born and the unborn,” she said. crisis who need us — that’s an At Mass before the group de- emy and workplace.” outside Planned Parenthood in example of putting your pro- parted for Washington, Bishop He shared that during his re- Columbia and ministering to See WASHINGTON, page 27 life views into practice.” W. 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Several trips to different destinations: the Holy Land; Italy; France, lay down a bunt (3 wds.). can-Am. ____. They en- In 2017, the U.S. was lower Portugal, & Spain; Poland; Medjugorje, Lourdes, & Fatima; Ireland 3. ____-da! gaged against Confeder- than Iceland and Singa- & Scotland; England; Austria, Germany, & Switzerland; Greece & ate guerillas. A NY Times pore and Ireland but ahead Turkey; Budapest; Prague; Our Lady of Guadalupe; Domestic 4. Maryville, Mo. is the Destinations; etc… hometown of Dale Carne- correspondent noted the of Britain, France, Japan, gie, a phenomenal motiva- “desperate bravery” of Spain, & Italy. We also specialize in custom trips for Bishops, Priests, and tional speaker & promoter the African-Americans in 44. Letters for Barnes & No- Deacons. of self-help courses. His achieving Union victory. ble, booksellers with the 23. ___ Paulo, at more than largest # of retail outlets in Call us 24/7 508-340-9370 1936 book How to Win Hablamos Español 855-842-8001 Friends and ____ People 20 million pop., is Brazil’s, the U.S. www.poximotravel.com is still a popular book for and South America’s, larg- [email protected] est metro area. ANSWERS on page 23 The Catholic Missourian February 7, 2020 21 CHARITIES From page 1 “I wish to acknowledge and devotions on the nie Shikles, who made a con- and thank St. Mary’s Foun- then-sprawling seminary tribution toward installing an dation for their leader- grounds. elevator in her memory. ship in providing us with a “What we’re doing now When the building became ‘down payment,’ if you will, is reclaiming part of our available, Sister Kathleen We- on this important venture Catholic heritage,” said Mr. gman of the School Sisters of for our community,” said Lester. Notre Dame worked on behalf Bishop McKnight. “We are He recalled how the of the diocese with the Hous- all better off when we pull building had been the spiri- ing Authority, the St. Mary’s together our resources to tual hub of a Catholic insti- Foundation and Catholic meet the needs of those who tution that prepared mis- Charities on a unified vision are less fortunate.” sionaries to minister to and for the property. He noted that there will advocate for people in great Catholic Charities offers be numerous opportunities need all over the world. a variety of services to resi- to help and contribute be- One of them was the late dents in need throughout the fore the building can serve La Salette Father Arthur 38-counties of the Jefferson its intended purpose. Lueckenotto, a Meta native City diocese, providing care “We are estimating the Bishop W. Shawn McKnight joins St. Mary’s Hospital Foundation who served for 45 years in and creating hope through need for about $4 million to Director Bev Stafford, President Greg Meeker and other mem- Madagascar. compassionate social services fund fully our dream for this bers of the foundation’s board of trustees in the former Shikles “What this building was that respect the dignity of each facility,” he said. “I invite Auditorium in Jefferson City Jan. 31. Ms. Stafford and Mr. Meeker is an essential part of the person and engage the local everyone in our community presented the bishop a $200,000 gift from the foundation toward story of what it will be- community. an estimated $4 million renovation of the building, which will to consider how they might serve as the new headquarters for Catholic Charities of Central come,” said Mr. Lester. “The Bishop McKnight led the share in this work of love and Northern Missouri and a center providing help to people in area around it has grown people at the gathering in through a financial gift and need in the area. — Photos by Jay Nies up and changed, and here prayer: “In His great love for by volunteering their time we are, coming right back all of us, Christ said that what- and talent.” Unified vision we will hold and cherish — around again to express that ever we do for the least among CCCNMO Executive Di- helping establish this resource love in a way that is different us, we do for Him. He called What it will be rector Dan Lester said he was center for our community,” she but still the same.” those who show mercy ‘blessed Preliminary renderings by thrilled to welcome the group said. “That’s pretty amazing!” he of the Father’ and promised Architect Nick Borgmeyer “to our new home.” them eternal life. of Simon Oswald Architects “It definitely needs “Let us then pray point to the transformation a little bit of work, a for the Lord to enrich of a solid structure. little elbow grease His blessings on all “It’s got good bones,” re- here and there,” he the benefactors who tired local contractor Jim said. “But I think we are devoted to help- Wisch, a member of the can make it shine it ing their brothers and CCCNMO board of direc- like new.” sisters who are weak, tors and the Shikles redevel- St. Mary’s Foun- who are sick or who opment planning commit- dation Board Presi- are unfortunate and tee. dent Greg Meeker to make possible this Plans call for a 38-foot addi- said the foundation is new center of mercy tion to the front of the build- “very thrilled to plant and charity in our ing and upgrades to the utili- a seed and make an own community,” he ties. investment in the prayed. The former auditorium will community with this Mr. Lester be- be reconfigured for use as an endeavor.” lieves the new cen- after-school care program, a “We look forward ter will unite people health clinic and other com- to what’s going to from various walks munity services. happen inside these in life in helping oth- The area that was once the walls as it extends ers while growing sanctuary of the La Salette outward of these Catholic Charities of Central and Northern Missouri Executive Director Dan in their relationship Seminary chapel will become a walls,” he said. Lester speaks to representatives of the St. Mary’s Hospital Foundation Board with God. of trustees, the Catholic Charities staff and board of directors, the Jefferson quiet room for prayer and re- The St. Mary’sCity diocese and the Jefferson City Housing Authority in the former Shikles “Bishop Mc­ flection. Foundation raises Auditorium. This part of the building was originally the chapel for the former Knight has really The former gymnasiummoney to sustain and Missionaries of La Salette Seminary. instilled within our downstairs will become a food enhance the life- and whole diocese a sense pantry, including a waiting health-giving work of SSM St. Different but the same said. that we are better when we’re room, shopping area, demon- Mary’s Hospital in Jefferson Originally built in the late working together,” said Mr. stration kitchen, warehouse, City. 1950s, the walls of this build- “Blessed of the Father” Lester stated. “It is my prayer loading dock and packaging Foundation Director Bev ing carry the weight of local The Jefferson City Housing and my hope that this space area. Stafford said the Catholic history. Authority bought the property will become a truly shining ex- New administrative offices Charities project was an easy The bishop spoke from what and converted it to a commu- ample of that ideal.” for CCCNMO will be built in vision for the Foundation was once the sanctuary of the nity center after the seminary a mezzanine area overlooking board to embrace “because it chapel for a former high school closed in the late 1960s. To learn more about the on- the food pantry. does, in essence, further our seminary for the Missionaries The Housing Authority re- going renovations or to volunteer A large parking lot will be ministry of healthcare outside of Our Lady of La Salette. named the building in 1983 or donate, visit the new Catho- added, providing full access for the walls of the hospital.” Many in Jefferson City re- after Helen A. Shikles, wife of lic Charities website at cccnmo. people with disabilities. “This certainly is something member attending retreats longtime commissioner Lon- diojeffcity.org. 22 THINGS TO DO The Catholic Missourian February 7, 2020

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Peter & Paul breakfast, 7-11 am Columbia, Cursillo School of Mar. 8 home and school auction & Linn, “The Way of the Leaders, 7 pm, Sacred Heart Linn, “The Way of the Mar. 1 dinner, 5:30-10 pm Cross,” by Donna Cori Gibson, parish library Cross,” by Donna Cori Gibson, Columbia, “Living Waters Hannibal, Holy Family School 3 pm, St. George Church, for St. Thomas, “Let’s Talk Faith,” 3 pm, St. George Church, for --- Let Mercy Flow” Lenten “Hats & Horses” dinner auc- info visit church.saint-george- women’s ministry program, info visit church.saint-george- evening of reflection, 7-8 pm, tion & fundraiser, 5-11:45 pm parish.org/St-George-Church 6:30-8 pm, St. Thomas the parish.org/St-George-Church Our Lady of Lourdes Church Hermann, St. George parish St. Thomas, St. Thomas the Apostle parish center, for info shrimp boil, 5-9 pm, school Apostle parish ham & sausage visit diojeffcity.org/womens- Mar. 6-8 gym breakfast, 8-11:30 am ministry Retreats & Moberly, Engaged En- Montgomery City, Immacu- Spiritual Renewal counter Weekend, St. Pius X late Conception parish Mardi Mar. 9 Mar. 7 Church, for info or to register, Gras, 6 pm-midnight, K of C Jefferson City, Vitae Founda- Jefferson City, “Walk in Her Feb. 8 visit diojeffcity.org/marriage- hall tion 28th Annual Jefferson Sandals” women’s confer- Columbia, Annual retreat preparation/ or call (573) 635- Rolla, St. Patrick home & City Pro-Life Event, featuring ence with speaker Kelly for youth ministry and cat- 9127 school trivia night, 6 pm keynote speaker Trey Gowdy, Wahlquist, 9 am-3 pm, Cathe- echetical leaders with Steve luncheon program noon-1:30; dral of St. Joseph, for info or Angrisano, 9:30 am-3 pm, for Feb. 28 dinner program 6:30-9 pm, to register visit diojeffcity.org/ info or to register visit diojeff Youth & Camdenton, K of C fish fry, 5-7 for info or to register visit vitae womens-ministry city.org/youth-ministry-annu- pm foundation.org al-retreat/ Young Adults Cuba, Holy Cross parish fish fry, Mar. 9 4:30-7 pm Jefferson City, Vitae Founda- Feb. 16-19 Feb 12 Eldon, K of C fish fry, 5-7 pm tion 28th Annual Jefferson Laddonia, “The Beauty and Lake Ozark, NET (New Evan- Holts Summit, St. Andrew K of Meetings & City Pro-Life Event, featuring Grace of the Mass,” parish gelization for Teens) Retreat C Lenten fish fry, 4-7 pm keynote speaker Trey Gowdy, Conferences mission with Deacon Mark Do- for grades 7-12, 3:30-8:30 pm, Jefferson City, Fr. Helias K of C luncheon program noon-1:30; belmann, 7-8 pm each eve- Our Lady of the Lake Church, fish fry, 4:30-7 pm, K of C Hall Feb. 7 dinner program 6:30-9 pm, ning, St. John Church for info or to register by Feb. 9, Jefferson City, K of C #12992 Boonville, Columbia/Boon- for info or to register visit vitae call Vicki at (573) 365-2241 fish fry, 4:30-7 pm, Cathedral ville/Glasgow Area Ultreya for foundation.org The Catholic Missourian February 7, 2020 PEOPLE 23

Marshall, St. Peter — Georgia M. Green Anniversaries Montgomery City, Deaths Immaculate Conception Martinsburg, St. Joseph — Carl E. Argyle, St. Aloysius Thomas & Margo Nichols, 51 years Deacon James R. “Russ” Butler, 87 — “Pete” Stuckenschneider Terry & Georgia Brunnert, 54 years Dennis & Michelle Allen, 29 years a retired deacon of the Jefferson City diocese who ministered at Mary’s Home, Our Lady of the Snows — Brookfield, Immaculate Conception Palmyra, St. Joseph Immaculate Conception parish in Betty J. Kliethermes, Lucille Limbach Francis & Barbara Clark, 55 years Franklin & Edna Tuley, 66 years Jefferson City and served on the Virgil & Sandra Kay Moore, 53 years John & Jean Buckman, 55 years diocesan Matrimonial Tribunal, on Moberly, St. Pius X — Anne Meriwether Ron & Rose Paalhar, 53 years Gary & Lenore Singleton, 50 years Jan. 18 in O’Fallon. The Mass of Jerry & Peggy Ward, 52 years David & Gable Lewis, 36 years Christian Burial was celebrated on Osage Bend, St. Margaret of Antioch Roger & Cindy Walsh, 46 years Kent & Vaness Rupp, 35 years Jan. 25 in Immaculate Conception — Wanda K. Lehmen Joe & Mary Sue Enyeart, 43 years Church in Dardenne Prairie, with his Larry & Kathryn McCurry, 41 years Russellville, St. Michael son, Monsignor Michael Butler of the Rich Fountain, Sacred Heart — Dennis & Sarah Paalhar, 40 years Dave & Rendy Lepper, 49 years St. Louis archdiocese presiding. Delphine M. Bauer Jeff & Kathy Wildhaber, 35 years Canton, St. Joseph Brinktown, Holy Guardian Angels — St. Martins, St. Martin — Bernard A. Larry & Pat Ellison, 52 years Sedalia, St. Vincent de Paul Patrick Stefanski Kemna, Carolyn Lueckenotte Todd & Carolyn Nunn, 26 years Marvin & Kathy Brownfield, 52 years Bob & Karolyn Spears, 52 years Columbia, Our Lady of Lourdes — Sedalia, St. Vincent de Paul — Steve Columbia, James & Rose Rybak, 51 years Charles Saylor Jackie Bridges, Lola Labus St. Thomas More Newman Center James & Carol Schibi, 51 years Dick & Donna Otto, 50 years Nevin & Jean Almquist, 50 years Frankenstein, Our Lady Help of Vienna, Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Robert & Robin Williams, 30 years Christians — Nancy Jane Jaegers Mary — Emil Luebbert Jonesburg, St. Patrick Henry & Pauline Horstdaniel, 57 years Vandalia, Sacred Heart Hannibal, Holy Family — Mae John & Nancy Cobb, 49 years Mark & Sandy Klott, 36 years Chambers Josh & Sara Johnson, 16 years Troy & Denise Allen, 27 years Brad & Julie Ellis, 15 years David & Alisha Hays, 19 years Hermann, St. George — Edmund Elections Michael & Amanda McCurdy, 16 years “Whitey” Ruettgers, Owen H. Steiner Kahoka, St. Michael Camdenton, St. Anthony — Miriam Allen & Loresa Cameron, 50 years Wien, St. Mary of the Angels Indian Creek, St. Stephen — Adeline Borden, Bob Raeth, Keith Schuster, John & Cathy Brennan, 31 years Junior & Mary Lou Marek, 63 years Elliott to the parish pastoral council Glen & Janet Niemeier, 42 years Kirksville, Mary Immaculate Darryl & Alice Niemeier, 39 years Jefferson City, Immaculate Canton, St. Joseph — Tammy Ellison, Bill & Penny Tiedemann, 54 years Greg & Patti White, 36 years Conception — Barbara A. Allen, the parish representative to the Charles Lemley & Margaret Wilson, 33 Greg & Carol Burstert, 30 years Ruth Doerhoff Canton Council of Churches years Hank & Ashlee Pennington, 17 years Michael & Melissa Grgurich, 21 years Adam & Leigh Ann Stallo, 16 years Jefferson City, St. Peter — Mark S. Eldon, Sacred Heart — Bill Allen, Tom Thomas Irwin, Julie McDevitt, to the parish Marceline, St. Boniface Baptisms pastoral council Robert & Ellen Beaver, 60 years Jerry & Ester Crisman, 60 years Rick & Sandy Hoskins, 43 years Jefferson City, Cathedral of St. Joseph WILLIAMS Larry & Terri Quinn, 41 years — Eleanor Jo Smith-Vandergriff From page 9 Charles & Lana Lodder, 40 years Troy & Laurie Bruner, 33 years Moberly, St. Pius X — Brentley Cooper in their footsteps, the teaching of black and black Catholic history outside of Lawson, son of the late Brandon predominantly black Catholic institutions remains rare in the contemporary Mary’s Home, Our Lady of the Snows Vanbibber & Sarah Lawson Church. Jim & Mary Alice Schulte, 60 years St. Anthony, St. Anthony of Padua — In the United States, where the roots of many black Catholics predate those Milan, St. Mary Owen Lawrence Hagenhoff, son of of the vast majority of white and white ethnic Catholics by at least three centu- Bill & Teresa Blair, 38 years Dustin & Elaine Hagenhoff ries, popular and scholarly discussions and depictions of the American Catholic Roman Bahena & Josefina Pineda, 34 years experience rarely include the Church’s black faithful. At best, black Catholics are Torres & Beneranda Lorenzo, 27 years St. Elizabeth, St. Lawrence — Maddox Ryan Loethen, daughter of Ryan & presented as historical anomalies. At worst, they are altogether erased. As one major consequence, recent calls for the Catholic Church to confront Monroe City, Holy Rosary Morgan Loethen Dwayne & Madeline Williams, 50 years and make reparation for its long-standing histories of slavery and segregation Birthdays have been met with genuine shock and confusion by far too many Catholics, religious and lay alike. There are also still many people who sincerely believe that Koeltztown, St. Boniface — Zita Tappel, there are no African American Catholics. her 95th on Jan. 30 These realities stand as searing indictments of the Church’s enduring failure to Names for the tell the truth about itself and teach accurate and inclusive accounts of Catholic Bonnots Mill, St. Louis of France — history in its schools, seminaries and parishes. 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10 9 8 7 6 5 Jefferson City, MO 65110-4900. — Alma Koetting her 97th on Feb. 15 tract with Duke University Press. 4 3 2 1 24 The Catholic Missourian February 7, 2020 New Knights of Columbus initiation ceremony will be public By Andy Telli of Catholic men that was spiritual dimension, the fra- Catholic News Service founded by Father Michael ternal dimension, and the Nashville, Tennessee McGivney, a young priest financial dimension.” After 142 years, the Knights serving at St. Mary Church The script for the new of Columbus is pulling down in New Haven, Connecti- degree calls for the cer- a veil of secrecy that has sur- cut. Father McGivney is a emony to be conducted in rounded its initiation ceremo- candidate for sainthood and a Church or similarly ap- nies in an effort to better show- has the title “Venerable.” propriate location, with a case the order’s core principles Today, the order has priest or deacon participat- and its drive to help Catholic more than 2 million mem- ing. The expectation is that men become disciples. bers worldwide who are the new ceremony can be Since its founding in 1882, involved in charitable and held after a Mass when the the initiation ceremonies service works. congregation can be invited for the first three degrees of Although membership as to stay and watch. Knights membership — fo- a whole is growing, not all “It’s an exciting devel- cused on the principles of areas are showing increases, opment for the Knights of charity, unity and fraternity — Anderson said. Columbus,” said Michael have been separate and open to “I think the Catholic Members of the Knights of Columbus receive rosaries Jan. 1, McCusker, the state deputy members only. The fourth de- Church is growing more 2020, as part of the organization’s new ceremony that is de- of Tennessee. “How many gree, dedicated to the principal quickly in some areas than signed to condense the Knights of Columbus’ three degrees times do we go home from into one. In addition, the ceremony is now conducted in public of patriotism, was added later in other areas. Those trends instead of in a secret, members-only occasion. degrees with our hearts on and this initiation also is secret affect us as well,” he said. — CNS photo/courtesy Joe Cullen fire and we had a desperate and for members only. “When you see dioceses need to share it with our But starting this year, the with parishes closing, that has est official in each jurisdiction. degrees as a journey toward families, but we couldn’t? To Knights have adopted a new to affect all the Catholic orga- He said the ceremony “stays true Knighthood was popular. me that’s akin to putting your ceremony. Called the Exem- nizations in those dioceses.” to our traditions while address- But today, those features have light under a bushel.” plification of Charity, Unity At the Knights’ Supreme ing the needs of our times.” proved to be an impediment to “What I also like is it re- and Fraternity, it combines Convention last summer, a The fourth-degree ceremo- men joining, particularly young moves the struggle of getting the initiation for the first three resolution from the Illinois ny will remain unchanged and men, Anderson said. a man to go through all three degrees into a single ceremony delegation calling for com- will continue to be open to The new single ceremony separate degrees,” said Mc- that will be open to family, bining the first-, second- and members only. takes about 30 minutes, An- Cusker, a member of Council friends and fellow parishioners. third-degree ceremonies into “Secrecy has to be under- derson said. 9317 at St. Francis of Assisi “There is nothing we do that one and removing the condi- stood in the context of the By opening the ceremony Church in Cordova, in subur- is secret or needs to be secret,” tion of secrecy was approved. 19th century,” Anderson said. to the public, “families and ban Memphis, Tennessee. “I Supreme Knight Carl Ander- Anderson directed a review of “There was incredible bigotry friends can see what we’re all like that they go, they and their son told the Tennessee Regis- the ceremonies “with an eye to- against Catholics,” with the about and hopefully decide I families see what they’re in- ter, newspaper of the Diocese ward staying true to our roots anti-Catholic Know-Nothings or my brother or my husband volved in, and the minute they of Nashville. “We decided this while at the same time present- in control politically in New should join,” Anderson said. leave, they’re full members of is a way to let other parishio- ing our principles of charity, England at the time, and the The new degree ceremony the Knights of Columbus.” ners know, family members unity and fraternity in a more Ku Klux Klan later became a pulls from the three previous The script for the new cer- know, what the Knights of Co- clear and convincing way.” powerful political force across ceremonies to pass along the emony was made available to lumbus is all about. We think Anderson unveiled the new the country, he said. “There organization’s history and the all councils Jan. 15. It was left that’s a good thing.” ceremony in November at the was some appeal to secrecy.” importance of the principles to each state deputy to decide The Knights of Colum- midyear meeting for the order’s Also at the time, the idea rooted in the organization. how and when the new cer- bus is a fraternal organization state deputies, who are the high- of progressing through the “We need to impress on the emony will be rolled out in members the importance of their jurisdiction. The Con- charity, unity, fraternity, how necticut State Council used USCCB: Israelis, Palestinians they are linked, and how in the new ceremony for the first Father McGivney’s vision of time Jan. 1 at St. Mary Church must talk to get Mideast peace Christian discipleship ... chari- in New Haven, Connecticut, Catholic News Service “Intrinsic to a fruitful discussion is the neces- ty, unity and fraternity become the birthplace of the order. Washington, D.C. sity that each state recognizes and supports the le- a path of discipleship for the Fifty-two candidates from President Donald Trump’s proposed Mideast gitimacy of each other,” it said. “The future peace Catholic man,” Anderson said. Connecticut councils partici- peace plan deserves “serious consideration,” but and flourishing of life in the Holy Land depend on A ceremony that focuses on pated in the new ceremony. “the Israelis and the Palestinians are the only ones such a mutual recognition that calls for concrete the three principles enhances About 200 people attended, who can resolve the differences and agree on a steps in mutual counsel and collaboration, before the Knights involvement in including Anderson. common resolution to the chronic impasse,” said the fundamental agreements can be achieved.” the Church’s work of evangeli- “They had a very large turn- a representative of the U.S. bishops. The United States and others who want to help zation, Anderson explained. out and it was very well re- “While acknowledging the significant role the “must do so as contributors to strengthen bilat- “I think its central,” he said. ceived,” Anderson said. “That’s United States plays, these principals must negoti- eral agreement between the two principal entities. The order’s principles “are re- been our experience across the ate directly with each other with the support of As such, we are concerned ‘Peace to Prosperity’ ally at the core of Catholic life, country.” the international community, that they may find makes propositions without these requisite con- and (the new ceremony) makes a fair compromise, which takes into account the ditions being met,” it said, referring to the plan. it clear we have a responsibility Telli is managing editor of the legitimate aspirations of the two peoples,” said a When it was released in late January, Catholic and the responsibility extends Tennessee Register, newspaper of letter from Bishop David J. Malloy, chairman of leaders in the Middle East said the plan endorsed into the whole person, the the Diocese of Nashville. the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Com- “almost all” the demands and the political agenda mittee on International Justice and Peace. of the Israelis while ignoring the demands of the The letter, dated Feb. 3, reiterated the U.S. Palestinian side. They called it a “unilateral initia- The Local Youth page bishops’ and Vatican support for a two-state solu- tive” that did not give “dignity and rights” to the tion to the issues in the Holy Land. Palestinians. will return next issue. The Catholic Missourian February 7, 2020 YOUTH 25 Solomon builds a temple for the ark By Jennifer Ficcaglia “As to this house you are inner sanctuary of the Temple. Catholic News Service building — if you walk in Then the glory of God, in the When King David moved My statutes, carry out My or- form of a cloud, filled the Tem- to Jerusalem, he had the ark of dinances, and observe all My ple. God brought to the city. commands, walking in them, “The Lord intends to dwell The ark was housed in a I will fulfill toward you My in the dark cloud; I have truly tent, as it had been when Mo- word which I spoke to David built You a princely house, a ses and the Israelites were wan- your father. I will dwell in the dwelling where You may abide dering in the desert. midst of the Israelites and will forever,” King Solomon said. But David thought the ark not forsake My people Israel,” The king then turned and should be housed in a much God told the king. blessed the whole assembly of better dwelling and wanted to When the Temple was fin- Israel. build a temple for it. ished, the priests took up the God had other plans, how- ark and began moving it to its Read more about it... ever, so He told the prophet new dwelling. As the ark was 2 Samuel & 1 Kings Nathan to give David a mes- being moved, King Solomon 1. Whom did God want to sage about the ark. and the entire community of build a temple for the ark? “When your days have been Israel gathered before it and 2. Where was the ark housed completed and you rest with forever.” the Temple began in the fourth made many sacrifices. when it was first brought to Je- your ancestors, I will raise up God was referring to David’s year of Solomon’s reign, which The ark was carried to the rusalem? your offspring after you ... and son, Solomon. After becoming also was the 480th year since I will establish his kingdom,” king, Solomon began prepar- God had freed the Israelites God said in his message to Da- ing the materials that would from slavery in Egypt. vid. “He it is who shall build be needed to build a temple for As the Temple’s construction a house for My name, and I the ark. was nearing completion, the Saint will establish his royal throne The actual construction of word of God came to Solomon. Spotlight Bible Accent St. Francis-Regis Clet What was the ark of God, ark made of acacia wood and A cover of pure gold also was born in France in 1748. and what was in it? plated inside and out with pure was to be made for the ark, and When he was 21, he joined In Exodus 25, we read that gold. God told Moses to make two cherubim of beaten gold the Lazarists and taught the- Moses went up Mount Sinai to the ark 2 1/2 cubits long, 1 1/2 were to be placed on each end ology and served as a novice talk to God. God told Moses cubits wide and 1 1/2 cubits of the cover. The wings of the master. In 1791, he realized that He wanted a sanctuary high. In modern-day units of cherubim were to spread out his dream of becoming a mis- made for Him so He could measure, that was about 3 3/4 and shelter the cover. sionary in the Far East, serv- dwell in the people’s midst. feet long, 2 1/4 feet wide and 2 God also told Moses to ing in China for 30 years. In For 40 days and nights, 1/4 feet high. place something special in 1818, all foreign missionaries God gave Moses detailed in- The ark was to be carried the ark: the stone tablets on in China were persecuted. structions about building the using gold-plated acacia poles which God wrote down the Francis-Regis evaded arrest sanctuary and creating every- that would go through gold Ten Commandments, His cov- for a time but was eventually thing that was to be in it. rings attached to the ark’s sides. enant with the Israelites. caught. He was imprisoned One of the items that was The poles were to remain in the That is why the ark of God and tortured, and he was to be in the sanctuary was an rings and never be removed. is oftentimes referred to as the killed in 1820. We remember ark of the covenant. him on Feb. 17. Puzzle Using the hints provided, put a T next to the sentences about Solo- Essay mon’s life that are true and an F next to the ones that are false. God said that he would grant Solo- ___ 1. Solomon asked God for riches and mon anything he a long life. (1 Kings 3:7-9) wanted. If you Inspirational Gifts for All Occasions! could ask God ___ 2. Solomon decided which woman was Especially First Communion, Baptism, & Weddings the mother of a baby. (1 Kings 3:27) for anything, what would it be? www.catholicsupply.com ___ 3. The Queen of Nineveh came to test or Call Today for a Free Catalog 1-800-325-9026 Solomon. (1 Kings 10:1) ___ 4. All of his life, Solomon followed only God. (1 Kings 11:4)

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She hopes that same spirit of openness and Mt. 5:13-16 Mt. 5:17-37 or 5:20-22a, 27-28, “It’s hard for young people to make a decision dialogue, with God’s help, will help more people 33-34a, 37 when there’s so much harshness and finger-point- become pro-life. Monday, Feb 10 ing,” she said. “We need to be praying for all mothers,” she St. Scholastica, virgin Monday, Feb 17 On the pilgrimage, she found the emphasis on said. “To be a mother is an amazing thing, and I 1 Kgs. 8:1-7, 9-13 Jas. 1:1-11 changing hearts, rather than laws and policies, to don’t think mothers always get credit for every- Ps. 132:6-10 Ps. 119:67-68, 71-72, 75-76 be refreshing. She was drawn to the idea of help- thing they do.” Mk. 6:53-56 Mk. 8:11-13 ing women who have had an abortion and are Hearing Mrs. Durbin’s story about helping Tuesday, Feb 11 Tuesday, Feb 18 looking for healing. pregnant women in crisis brought her to tears. 1 Kgs. 8:22-23, 27-30 Jas. 1:12-18 “They need to know that there are people who “It just touched my heart, what they’ve been Ps. 84:3-5, 10-11 Ps. 94:12-15, 18-19 do really want to care for them, who want to walk able to do to help people,” said Miss Kartheiser. Mk. 7:1-13 Mk. 8:14-21 with them to Christ,” she said. “I know I can help others, and that’s what I want Miss Serio asked for prayers for better under- to do.” Wednesday, Feb 12 Wednesday, Feb 19 stand among people on both sides of the abortion Miss Cross said the March is an occasion to 1 Kgs. 10-1-10 Jas. 1:19-27 divide. thank women who overcome the difficulties of a Ps. 37:5-6, 30-31, 39-40 Ps. 15:2-5 “I think people really need to focus on under- seemingly ill-timed pregnancy. Mk. 7:14-23 Mk. 8:22-26 standing each other,” she said. She believes individuals and society need to do better at helping and encouraging women who Thursday, Feb 13 Thursday, Feb 20 “Maybe I can help” 1 Kgs. 11:4-13 Jas. 2:1-9 are pregnant, regardless of their circumstances. Ps. 106:3-4, 35-37, 40 Ps. 34:2-7 Tolton Catholic senior Haley Kartheiser was “We need to open our arms more,” she said. Mk. 7:24-30 Mk. 8:27-33 amazed to see people from many backgrounds and “I hope that one day, we can stop abortion by faith traditions marching in unity for a noble cause. standing together with these women and holding Friday, Feb 14 Friday, Feb 21 “I’ve prayed two Rosaries while walking them up in their time of need,” she stated. Ss. Cyril, monk, and Methodius, Jas. 2:14-24, 26 through the March, for all the people who don’t Contributing to this report was Mark Pattison of bishop Ps. 112:1-6 feel the way we do about this,” she said. “Even if Catholic News Service. 1 Kgs. 11:29-32; 12:19 Mk. 8:34-9:1 Ps. 81:10-15 Mk. 7:31-37 Saturday, Feb 22 THE CHAIR OF ST. PETER HENTGES Saturday, Feb 15 THE APOSTLE From page 6 1 Kgs. 12:23-32; 13:33-34 1 Pt. 5:1-4 Ps. 106:6-7ab, 19-22 Ps. 23:1-6 he said. “He loves you. He is Hale spends his 15- to Be men of God Mk. 8:1-10 Mt. 16:13-19 your Heavenly Father and your 20-minute commute to work Hale pointed out that God best friend.” in silent prayer and reflection might be calling one, two, The Holy Father’s prayer intentions for February: Hale realized a long time or listening to a Catholic pod- three or more young men in We pray that the cries of our migrant brothers and sisters, victims of criminal trafficking, may be heard and considered. ago that because his life re- cast. the I.C. School’s eighth-grade volves so much about football, He sets the alarm on his cell class to be priests. Sponsored by he had to be intentional about phone to remind him several Most of the rest will be setting aside time for God ev- times a day to stop and com- called to marriage. ery day. mune with God. Hale said the interactions “My day starts with God Quick prayers — “Jesus, they have with women today and ends with God, and I trust in You,” “God, I love will set the tone for the kind of throughout the day, He wants You,” “Jesus, please help me” husbands and fathers they may to hear from me,” said Hale. — turn ordinary tasks into acts become. It begins the minute he of prayer. He urged them to be wakes up in the morning. When he’s on the field, he thoughtful and respectful and “The first thing I do is get offers a silent prayer before the to start praying for their future on my knees for a few minutes beginning of each play. wives if marriage is what God God,” said Hale. “It’s some- to accomplish, with God and and just thank God for letting “That alone is powerful,” he has in mind for them. thing you’re all going to be hard work, you can do it,” he me wake up and for this new said. “That’s probably 40 to 50 “If you’re being called to tempted with. said. day and for giving me another times in a three-hour period. I marriage, that means your wife “If you are caught up in He urged them to keep go- breath of life,” he said. would encourage you to stop is out there somewhere,” he watching pornography, it’s not ing to to Mass and receiving He encouraged the young and offer a quick prayer like said. “When you date some- too late,” he said. “You can the Body and Blood of Christ people to spend some time that throughout your day.” one, know that she is prob- stop. God wants to call you often and making the best use greeting the Lord in the morn- He suggested that the ably someone else’s future wife, back to respecting women.” of the sacraments that are read- ing before even checking their young people stop and pray so treat her the way you hope ily available to them in a Cath- phone. every time they log onto Insta- guys are treating the woman “You can do it” olic school. “If you start your day like gram, Ticktock or other social you will marry some day.” Hale said he’s already been He reminded them that that, your day is gonna’ be media. He stated flatly that online on a heck of a journey, “and how they treat the other people great,” he said. “You’re gonna’ Before bed, he and his wife pornography is a tremendous God has been with us through in their lives makes a big dif- be happier and have more en- talk about their day and then temptation for young men, the whole process.” ference. ergy. You’re gonna’ realize that offer a prayer of thanks to- especially since it is so readily He’s hopefully just getting “We’re all members of God’s this day is a gift and that God gether. available. started, and so are the young Divine Body. How you treat is in control every aspect of it. “Instead of it being just us “It is the No. 1 way the devil people he was speaking to. the least is how you treat the He won’t let you down.” two, it’s us three,” he said. tries to take young men from “Whatever you guys want greatest,” he said. 28 The Catholic Missourian February 7, 2020 Cursillo Grand Reunion in Columbia: Making a Leap of Faith DATE: February 29 A Grand Reunion of all urday, Feb. 29, in Columbia. ert Barron’s book, Letter to a clude Bishop Barron and Bishop TIME: 10 am - 4 pm Cursillistas will be held on Sat- It will be from 10 a.m. to Suffering Church. W. Shawn McKnight, who will 4 p.m. at Fr. Tolton Regional The theme will be “Making speak on the theme, “Now is the Catholic High School, 3351 E. a Leap of Faith.” All Cursillis- Time for Cursillo to Stand Up.” Gans Road. tas throughout the diocese are Father Matthew Flatley, di- ANNUAL BREAKFAST It will be a day of enrich- encouraged to attend. ocesan moderator for adult faith Pancakes, Whole Hog Sausage, Fried Eggs, ment inspired by Bishop Rob- Video presentations will in- formation, will give the keynote. Breakfast Pastries, Coffee, Orange Juice, Milk Ray Hentges, Father Grego- Sunday, February 16 ry Oligschlaeger and a Hispan- Served 7:30-11:30 am ic representative will discuss Knights of Columbus Council 2027 “celebrating Cursillos past, ARGYLE VFW HALL present and future.” Adults $8 Children 6-12 $5 There will also be 30-min- Children 5 & under Free ute break-out sessions on vari- Veterans of Foreign Wars Argyle Post 8045 & Auxiliary ous topics. Loose Fr. Flatley will offer the clos- Creek ing Mass, which will fulfill the Fried fish, spaghetti,riday Immaculate Conception PRICES: weekend obligation, at 3 p.m. buttered potatoes,F baked 5:30-8 pm School Basement Adults $10.00 beans, hushpuppies, Children $4.00 A $10-per-person donation ida is recommended. coleslaw, applesauce, Fr y Fish — Boneless & Delicious, vegan black bean soup & Please bring a main dish, dessertM Hush Puppies, ARCH Parsley Potatoes, salad or dessert to share at the Famous fried fish F 21 Y Cole Slaw, Baked Beans potluck lunch. EBR AR U Eat To Care You All & Dessert Copies of Bishop Barron’s Homemade desserts book will be available for sale. K of C Council #1171 2020 FISH FRYS Diet-sensitive menu Good food, good Marshall FEBRUARY 7 & 21 company, good cause! 4:30-7 pm Holy Name Society K of C Hall, Hwy 63 Proceeds to benefit Mission St. Joseph School with PANCAKE & SAUSAGE BREAKFAST Dominican Father Michail portion to Special Westphalia Olympics Adults $7 Ford, associate pastor of St. Adults $11 — Kids < 10 $5 — Kids < 5 free Children 12 & under $3 Thomas More Newman Center Age 4 & under FREE parish in Columbia, will lead a Carryouts available Feb. 22-25 parish mission for An experience like none other... St. Peter parish in Marshall. Fr. Ford will preach the hom- SUNDAY, MARCH 1 from 7:30 am to noon ily at all Sunday Masses the weekend of Feb. 22-23 in St. Pe- Bring your family ter Church, 1801 S. Miami Ave. and friends! He will lead a period of re- flection at 7 p.m. on Sunday Immaculate Conception Parish, Kertz Hall through Tuesday of that week. He will focus on a fruitful Jefferson City observance of Lent. Jesus said to them, russellville “Come away by yourselves ... and rest a while.” ST. MICHAEL KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Gabriel House Catholic Guesthouse in Brinktown in concert Sunday, March 8 3 pm LENTEN FISH FRYS Fridays St. George Church February 7 & 28 613 E. Main Street • Linn, Mo. March 13 & 27 For info, call 573-897-2293 4:30-7 pm St. Michael’s Parish Hall Fried USA catfish fillets, coleslaw, Day Meetings — Overnight Retreats — Group Meetings — Conferences potatoes, baked beans & dessert Previews & free downloads at Accomodates 7 guests overnight (or more) and groups up to 35 for day use Mac & cheese & hot dogs available www.DonnaCoriGibson.com Adult carry-outs available Contact Wilma at 573-680-6024 or Colleen at 573-578-3087 Adults $11 • Children 6-12 $5